'Homely' definitions:
Definition of 'homely'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face" [syn: homely, plain]
adjective
Having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable; "the homely everyday atmosphere"; "a homey little inn" [syn: homelike, homely, homey, homy]
adjective
Plain and unpretentious; "homely truths"; "letters to his son full of homely advice"; "homely fare"
adjective
Without artificial refinement or elegance; "plain homely furniture"; "homely manners"
Definition of 'Homely'
From: GCIDE
- Homely \Home"ly\, adv. Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed. [R.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Homely'
From: GCIDE
- Homely \Home"ly\, a. [Compar. Homelier; superl. Homeliest.] [From Home, n.]
- 1. Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- With all these men I was right homely, and communed with, them long and oft. --Foxe. [1913 Webster]
- Their homely joys, and destiny obscure. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners. [1913 Webster]
- Now Strephon daily entertains His Chloe in the homeliest strains. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Of plain or coarse features; uncomely; ugly; -- usually used of people, especially women; -- contrary to handsome. [1913 Webster]
- None so homely but loves a looking-glass. --South. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'homely'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affable,
- amiable,
- ascetic,
- Attic,
- austere,
- Babbittish,
- bald,
- bare,
- baseborn,
- basic,
- beautiless,
- below the salt,
- blemished,
- blotted,
- Bohemian,
- bourgeois,
- cacophonic,
- cacophonous,
- campy,
- candid,
- casual,
- chaste,
- cheerful,
- classic,
- classical,
- cockney,
- comfortable,
- comfy,
- commodious,
- common,
- commonplace,
- congenial,
- contented,
- convenient,
- cordial,
- cosy,
- cozy,
- cushioned,
- cushiony,
- cushy,
- defaced,
- degage,
- direct,
- disfigured,
- domestic,
- dry,
- dull,
- dysphemistic,
- dysphemized,
- easeful,
- easy,
- easygoing,
- elementary,
- essential,
- everyday,
- familiar,
- folksy,
- frank,
- free and easy,
- friendly,
- fundamental,
- garden,
- garden-variety,
- general,
- gracious,
- haymish,
- high-camp,
- homelike,
- homespun,
- homey,
- homish,
- homogeneous,
- household,
- humble,
- humble-looking,
- humble-visaged,
- humblest,
- ill-favored,
- indivisible,
- inelegant,
- informal,
- inglorious,
- innocuous,
- intimate,
- irreducible,
- irregular,
- kitschy,
- lean,
- least,
- lived-in,
- loose,
- low,
- low-camp,
- lowborn,
- lowbred,
- lowest,
- lowliest,
- lowly,
- luxurious,
- marred,
- matter-of-fact,
- mean,
- mere,
- modest,
- monolithic,
- natural,
- neat,
- nonclerical,
- nondescript,
- of a piece,
- offhand,
- offhanded,
- open,
- ordinary,
- peaceful,
- Philistine,
- plain,
- plain-speaking,
- plain-spoken,
- plebeian,
- poor,
- pop,
- popular,
- primal,
- primary,
- prosaic,
- prosing,
- prosy,
- public,
- pure,
- pure and simple,
- relaxed,
- relaxing,
- reposeful,
- restful,
- roomy,
- rude,
- rustic,
- serene,
- severe,
- shabby-genteel,
- short on looks,
- simon-pure,
- simple,
- simple-speaking,
- single,
- small,
- snug,
- sober,
- sociable,
- soft,
- spare,
- Spartan,
- spoiled,
- stark,
- straightforward,
- teachable,
- third-estate,
- tranquil,
- uglified,
- ugly,
- ugly as hell,
- ugly as sin,
- unadorned,
- unaesthetic,
- unaffected,
- unalluring,
- unassuming,
- unattractive,
- unbeauteous,
- unbeautiful,
- unceremonious,
- uncluttered,
- uncomely,
- unconstrained,
- unconventional,
- undifferenced,
- undifferentiated,
- undistinguished,
- unelaborate,
- ungarnished,
- ungenteel,
- unhandsome,
- uniform,
- unimaginative,
- unimportant,
- unlovely,
- unofficial,
- unornamented,
- unostentatious,
- unpleasing,
- unpoetical,
- unpretending,
- unpretentious,
- unpretty,
- unsightly,
- unsophisticated,
- unstudied,
- unvarnished,
- vernacular,
- vulgar,
- warm,
- workaday,
- workday
Words containing 'Homely'
- At home,
- Home,
- Homing,
- home from home,
- home in,
- home in on,
- home away from home,
- Country Homes,
- Forest Home,
- Garden Home,
- Garden Home, OR,
- Home Garden,
- Home Gardens,
- Home base,
- Home department,
- Home farm,
- Home lot,
- Home plate,
- Home rule,
- Home ruler,
- Home run,
- Home stretch,
- Home thrust,
- Homing pigeon,
- Long home,
- Mountain Home,
- New Home,
- Orchard Homes,
- Prairie Home,
- Sweet Home,
- Sweet Home, OR,
- To be at home on any subject,
- To bring home,
- To come home,
- To fall home,
- To feel at home,
- To get home,
- To sheet home,
- To strike home,
- To tumble home,
- bring home,
- bring home to,
- broken home,
- come home,
- convalescent home,
- detention home,
- drive home,
- foster home,
- funeral home,
- go home,
- harvest home,
- head home,
- hit home,
- home appliance,
- home banking,
- home brew,
- home buyer,
- home computer,
- home counties,
- home court,
- home ec,
- home economics,
- home folk,
- home fries,
- home front,
- home game,
- home ground,
- home guard,
- home help,
- home invasion,
- home key,
- home loan,
- home movie,
- home office,
- home page,
- home port,
- home range,
- home reserve,
- home room,
- home secretary,
- home stand,
- home study,
- home territory,
- home theater,
- home theatre,
- home town,
- home truth,
- homing device,
- homing torpedo,
- manufactured home,
- mental home,
- mobile home,
- motor home,
- nursing home,
- press home,
- ram home,
- rest home,
- stately home,
- strike home,
- take home,
- vacation home,
- Country Homes, WA,
- Forest Home, NY,
- Harvest-home,
- Home Garden, CA,
- Home Gardens, CA,
- Home-bred,
- Home-driven,
- Home-dwelling,
- Home-felt,
- Home-keeping,
- Home-speaking,
- Mountain Home AFB,
- Mountain Home, AR,
- Mountain Home, ID,
- Mountain Home, NC,
- New Home, TX,
- Orchard Homes, MT,
- Prairie Home, MO,
- Sweet Home, AR,
- bring home the bacon,
- georgia home boy,
- home equity credit,
- home equity loan,
- home loan bank,
- home-baked,
- home-bound,
- home-brewed,
- home-builder,
- home-coming,
- home-cured,
- home-farm,
- home-grown,
- home-loving,
- home-school,
- home-schooled,
- home-style,
- stay-at-home,
- take home pay,
- take-home,
- Garden Home-Whitford,
- Garden Home-Whitford, OR,
- Mountain Home AFB, ID,
- Plantation Mobile Home Park,
- To haul home the sheets of a sail,
- To make one's self at home,
- Westgate-Belvedere Homes,
- home-fried potatoes,
- secretary of state for the home department,
- take-home pay,
- Plantation Mobile Home Park, FL,
- Westgate-Belvedere Homes, FL,
- federal home loan bank system,
- federal home loan mortgage corporation,
- inside-the-park home run