Homely
['həʊmlɪ] or ['homli]
Definition
(adj.) lacking in physical beauty or proportion; 'a homely child'; 'several of the buildings were downright homely'; 'a plain girl with a freckled face' .
(adj.) without artificial refinement or elegance; 'plain homely furniture'; 'homely manners' .
(adj.) plain and unpretentious; 'homely truths'; 'letters to his son full of homely advice'; 'homely fare' .
Editor: Thea--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate.
(n.) Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners.
(n.) Of plain or coarse features; uncomely; -- contrary to handsome.
(adv.) Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed.
Typist: Manfred
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Domestic, homelike.[2]. Plain, coarse, uncomely, homespun, inelegant.[3]. Ugly, ill-looking, of plain features, not handsome.
Typed by Hiram
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Plain, course, uncomely
ANT:Handsome, beautiful, refined, courtly
Typed by Camilla
Examples
- But enter this my homely roof, and see Our woods not void of hospitality. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Something more solid and homely she would have considered beaucoup plus convenable. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Nowhere was there evidence of a man tilling the fields or performing any of the homely duties of the village. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It might be myself, or it might be my homely mourning habit, that elicited this mark of contempt; more likely, both. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This was my homely thought, as I contemplated the box-tree. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The homely little house stood there, its panels and brasses shining in the firelight, as if magically created to receive them. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It was a homely little room, with a low ceiling and a gaping fireplace, after the fashion of old country-houses. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- With this homely weapon, if any one man tried to stop me I was a match for him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Enjoyment plays the cook to their homely fare, and mingles intoxication with their simple drink. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She placed her hand to her forehead and breathed heavily; and then her rich, romantic lips parted under that homely impulse--a yawn. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And if the people were homely, the government was intelligent and alert. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In our homely English phrase, Count Fosco, won't they keep? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- They were like nearly all the Frenchwomen I ever saw --homely. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Its splendour was in such contrast to his homely ways and simple life that I could not help commenting upon it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Let us be honest, and cut, as heretofore, from the homely web of truth. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Edited by Aaron