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Webster's Online English Dictionary

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homely


homely is an   Adverb

Definition:

[1] Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate. [Archaic] With all these men I was right homely, and communed with, them long and oft. Foxe. Their homely joys, and destiny obscure. Gray.

[2] Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners. Now Strephon daily entertains His Chloe in the homeliest strains. Pope.

[3] Of plain or coarse features; uncomely; -- contrary to handsome. None so homely but loves a looking-glass. South.


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