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hominess

  • a word derived from homey.
    homey
    adjective
    comfortably informal and inviting; cozy; homelike.
  • a word derived from homy.
    homy
    adjective
    a variant of homey.

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The show's 2020 episodes lent a hominess to an anxiety-ridden year defined by quarantine and reminded us in the joy in the littlest moments spent with Sam Fox and her girls.

From Salon Dec. 27, 2020

Pandemic gardening, with its wholesome hominess and its promise of food independence, was the thing to do, in those weird early days.

From Slate Sep. 6, 2020

Those gestures — the people themselves — give the best approximation of hominess.

From Washington Post May 4, 2016

It’s rock’n’roll, it’s rap, it’s TV stars, but there’s a certain hominess.

From The Guardian Dec. 29, 2015

It had an air of rakish hominess, as if it would be a fine, snuggy place in winter, when the snow and the wind swept the barren land around.

From The Happy Family by B. M. Bower