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frumpy

family
home

homely
homey

plain

quiet

adj. simple, unobtrusive

rustic

adj. country, rural

simple

adj. uncluttered, natural

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Word Origin & History

homely c.1300, "of or belonging to home or household, domestic," from M.E. hom "home." Sense of "plain, unadorned, simple" is late 14c., and extension to "having a plain appearance" took place before 1400, but now survives chiefly in U.S., esp. in New England, where it is the usual term for "physically unattractive;" ugly being typically "ill-tempered."

Example Sentences for homely

Great was the interchange of news over the homely hearty meal.

I think it was the homely smell of hot buttered toast that did it.

It is kindly and homely to me to hear her voice and to feel that she is behind me.

Such reckoning, of course, only holds good of thrifty, homely France.