Definition of homely

"homely" in the adjective sense

1. homely, plain

lacking in physical beauty or proportion

"a homely child"

"several of the buildings were downright homely"

"a plain girl with a freckled face"

2. homelike, homely, homey, homy

having a feeling of home cozy and comfortable

"the homely everyday atmosphere"

"a homey little inn"

3. homely

plain and unpretentious

"homely truths"

"letters to his son full of homely advice"

"homely fare"

4. homely

without artificial refinement or elegance

"plain homely furniture"

"homely manners"

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Quotations for homely

Home is home, be it never so homely. [ Proverb ]

Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits. [ William Shakespeare ]

Our home is still home, be it ever so homely. [ Charles Dibdin ]

Let time that makes you homely make you sage. [ Parnell ]

There is none so homely but loves a looking-glass. [ South ]

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. [ Coleridge ]

We love handsome women from inclination, homely women from interest, and virtuous women from reason. [ Amelot ]

What place is so rugged and so homely that there is no beauty, if you only have a sensibility to beauty? [ Beecher ]

A homely man of merit is never repulsive: as soon as he is named, his physique is forgotten; the mind passes through it to see the soul. [ Romainville ]

A woman whose great beauty eclipses all others is seen with as many different eyes as there are people who look at her. Pretty women gaze with envy, homely women with spite, old men with regret, young men with transport. [ D'Argens ]

To make much of little, to find reasons of interest in common things, to develop a sensibility to mild enjoyments, to inspire the imagination, to throw a charm upon homely and familiar things, will constitute a man master of his own happiness. [ Henry Ward Beecher ]

Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to as much disadvantage, and be as ill received, as your person, though ever so well proportioned, would if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters. [ Chesterfield ]

homely in Scrabble®

The word homely is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters homely:

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homely in Words With Friends™

The word homely is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters homely:

HOMELY
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Words within the letters of homely

2 letter words in homely (8 words)

3 letter words in homely (7 words)

4 letter words in homely (6 words)

5 letter words in homely (2 words)

6 letter words in homely (1 word)

homely + 2 blanks (3 words)

Words containing the sequence homely

Words that start with homely (1 word)

Words with homely in them (1 word)

Words that end with homely (1 word)

Word Growth involving homely

Shorter words in homely

el

me home

Longer words containing homely

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