Homelier

Word HOMELIER
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Definitions and meanings of "Homelier"

What do we mean by homelier?

Lacking in beauty or elegance, plain in appearance, physically unattractive.

Cozy, befitting a home.

Characteristic of or belonging to home; domestic.

On intimate or friendly terms with (someone); familiar; at home (with a person); intimate.

(of animals) Domestic; tame.

Personal; private.

Friendly; kind; gracious; cordial.

Conservative and family-oriented.

Simple; plain; familiar; unelaborate; unadorned.

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The word "homelier" in example sentences

Two attractive young lovers sit beside fountain, hug, kiss, take photos of each other; couple leaves; fountain spray continues; new, homelier couple sits beside fountain; no kissing, no hugging; no camera. ❋ Unknown (2011)

From his speech she knew he was not of the cities, and she seemed to sense the wider, homelier air of large spaces. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The stories of the OSS's homelier operations are superb, too. ❋ Andrew Roberts (2011)

THOSE WITH NEITHER means nor storage space resorted to strategies homelier than those available to the wealthy. ❋ DANIEL OKRENT (2010)

Users can toggle between two home screens: a classic icon configuration, which looks like a homelier version of the iPhone's main screen, and Samsung's new "TouchWiz" interface. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Steve and Clare see a homelier lesson in their brothers 'deaths. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Smaller, homelier, feebler: living in the shadows of their glitzier brethren, it's Canada vs. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In short, "The Concrete Dragon" offers a vivid overview of the process that Mr. Meyer, in his neighborhood memoir, was attempting to document in homelier terms. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Matelote, large, plump, redhaired, and noisy, the favorite ex-sultana of the defunct Hucheloup, was homelier than any mythological monster, be it what it may; still, as it becomes the servant to always keep in the rear of the mistress, she was less homely than Mame ❋ Unknown (2008)

I looked into the trunk at all the small comforts my mother and sisters had so lovingly packed for me; the various home remedies, the carefully crocheted sweater, the bright scarf, the small trove of sweets and all the other touches that might have made the room a homelier place. ❋ Hobb, Robin (2005)

Whereupon I have a taste for the homelier sorts of prose, although I am, of course, not one to complain if there are prinsesses involved. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Nothing could be homelier than our equipage, or more shabby than the furniture of the little apartment. ❋ Unknown (2003)

And there was something else, much nearer and homelier, that would also be with him as a certainty as rock-solid as the earth beneath him and undoubted as the sky above. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2002)

There had been moments when the situation had presented itself under a homelier yet more vivid image—that of a shaky vehicle, dashed by unbroken steeds ever a bumping road, while she cowered within, aware that the harness wanted mending, and wondering what would give way first. ❋ Edith Wharton (1987)

She was not referring to his present appearance, which was homelier than Chester's face. ❋ Anthony, Piers (1979)

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