Homely Definition
hōmlē
homelier, homeliest
adjective
homelier, homeliest
Lacking elegance or refinement.
Homely furniture.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
Of the home; domestic.
Webster's New World
Not good-looking or handsome; unattractive.
Webster's New World
Characteristic of or suitable for home or home life; simple and unpretentious or plain and everyday.
Homely virtues.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Homely
Adjective
Base Form:
homely
Comparative:
homelier
Superlative:
homeliestOrigin of Homely
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From Middle English homly, hoomly, hamely (“domestic, familiar, plain”), from Old English *hāmlīc (“of the home, domestic”), from Proto-Germanic *haimalīkaz (“of or characteristic of home”), equivalent to home + -ly. Cognate with Scots hamely (“familiar, personal, private”), West Frisian heimelik, Dutch heimelijk (“secret, secretive, clandestine”), German heimlich (“secret, secretive, clandestine, undercover”), Danish hemmelig (“secret”), Swedish hemlig (“secret, concealed, privy, covert”), Faroese heimligur (“homelike, homey”), Icelandic heimlegur (“homely; worldly”).
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