HOMELY
\hˈə͡ʊmli], \hˈəʊmli], \h_ˈəʊ_m_l_i]\
Definitions of HOMELY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face"
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without artificial refinement or elegance; "plain homely furniture"; "homely manners"
By Princeton University
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lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face"
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without artificial refinement or elegance; "plain homely furniture"; "homely manners"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners.
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Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed.
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Of plain or coarse features; uncomely; - contrary to handsome.
By Oddity Software
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Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners.
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Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed.
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Of plain or coarse features; uncomely; - contrary to handsome.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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HOMELILY.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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