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homeliness

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home·ly  (hml)
adj. home·li·er, home·li·est
1. Not attractive or good-looking: a homely child.
2. Lacking elegance or refinement: homely furniture.
3. Of a simple or unpretentious nature; plain: homely truths.
4. Characteristic of the home or of home life: homely skills.
homeli·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.homeliness - having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance
dowdiness, drabness
inelegance - the quality of lacking refinement and good taste
2.homeliness - an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; "fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness"
plainness
appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
Translations
homeliness [ˈhəʊmlɪnɪs] N → llaneza f, sencillez f


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Clifford was content, whether the sweet, airy homeliness of her tones came down from the upper chambers, or along the passageway from the shop, or was sprinkled through the foliage of the pear-tree, inward from the garden, with the twinkling sunbeams.
House Of Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
There was a homeliness in it which warmed the heart.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
There are the sheer kloofs cut in the hills by the rushing rains of centuries, down which the rivers sparkle; there is the deepest green of the bush, growing as God planted it, and the other greens of the mealie gardens and the sugar patches, while now and again a white house, smiling out at the placid sea, puts a finish and gives an air of homeliness to the scene.
King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context
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