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Meanings of homely in English

Having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable.

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Lacking in physical beauty or proportion.

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Examples for "plain"
1
The Government is poised to introduce plain packaging legislation for tobacco products.
Radio NZ
2
The plain-clothes special agents protect the President, First Family, Vice-President and family.
The Irish Times
3
Buy a relatively plain good quality one and it will last years.
The Irish Times
4
The answer to your question is just a plain I don't know.
Wired
5
It's a crucial part of building a good business, plain and simple.
Wired

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Usage of homely in English
1
A homely man was Bach-quiet, simple in tastes and blunt in speech.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 / Little J...
2
They were homely in the better as well as the worse sense.
The Dozen from Lakerim
3
The homely disgrace of it quite bowed the heart of Mrs. Hanway-Harley.
The President: A Novel
4
Mrs. Gould, in her homely way, came to the point at once:
Muslin
5
The homely room had stamped on it the characteristics of its owner.
The Shadow of the East
6
In his sermons he was brief, pointed, direct and homely in expression.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 / Little J...
7
Like the genius of the place, she made the winter-wood look homely.
David Elginbrod
8
Somerset was looking at the homely affectionate face of the little speaker.
A Laodicean : A Story of To-day
9
In homely phrase, the millionaires did not know how to behave themselves.
The Voyage of Captain Popanilla
10
There was still something homely and wayward and definitely personal about him.
O Pioneers!
11
It had been brutal and homely, but it had been the truth.
The Butterfly House
12
The five daughters-allassembled in a homely sitting-room-werenothingless than formidable.
Born in Exile
13
She is fat and homely and the mother of seven squalling children.
The Goose Girl
14
There was immeasurable consolation to him in that homely cup of tea.
Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
15
It's nice to see the lights there - it looks more homely.
The Irish Times
16
They are but rude and homely versions of the chaunts of Troubadours.
Ensign Knightley, and Other Stories
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United Kingdom
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Ireland
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United States of America
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