Definition of Homely

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Homely

Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate.

Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners.

Of plain or coarse features; uncomely; -- contrary to handsome.

Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed.

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Homely Quotations

If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.
H. L. Mencken

It's very homely, this castle. It doesn't have huge ballrooms. I didn't want a cold, cavernous place.
Enya

I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; - poetry = the best words in the best order.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.
Austin O'Malley

Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely.
Kin Hubbard

I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
Anthony Trollope

Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury.
Martha Beck

I'm not homely enough to play the nerdy girl and not nearly pretty enough to play the pretty girl.
Kristen Bell

Our American heritage is greater than any one of us. It can express itself in very homely truths; in the end it can lift up our eyes beyond the glow in the sunset skies.
Bruce Catton

A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.
Minna Antrim

Homely Translations

homely in Norwegian is enkel, stygg
homely in Swedish is ful, oansenlig, enkel

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