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frumpy
adj. dowdy
  • badly dressed
  • baggy
  • blowsy
  • dingy
  • drab
  • dull
  • frumpish
  • homely
  • old-fashioned
  • outdated
  • plain
  • poorly dressed
  • shabby
  • sloppy
  • stodgy
  • unfashionable
  • unkempt
  • unstylish

home
adj. domestic
  • at ease
  • at rest
  • central
  • down home
  • familiar
  • family
  • homely
  • homey
  • household
  • in one's element
  • in the bosom
  • inland
  • internal
  • local
  • national
  • native

household
adj. domestic
  • domiciliary
  • everyday
  • family
  • home
  • homely
  • homey
  • ordinary
  • plain

plain
adj. normal, everyday
  • average
  • common
  • commonplace
  • conventional
  • dull
  • homely
  • lowly
  • modest
  • ordinary
  • quotidian
  • routine
  • simple
  • traditional
  • usual
  • vanilla
  • white-bread
  • workaday

plain
adj. ugly
  • deformed
  • hard on the eyes
  • homely
  • not beautiful
  • ordinary
  • plain-featured

quiet
adj. simple, unobtrusive
  • conservative
  • homely
  • inobtrusive
  • modest
  • plain
  • restrained
  • sober
  • subdued
  • tasteful
  • unassuming
  • unpretentious

rustic
adj. country, rural
  • agrarian
  • agricultural
  • arcadian
  • artless
  • austere
  • bucolic
  • countrified
  • homely
  • homespun
  • homey
  • honest
  • natural
  • outland
  • pastoral
  • picturesque
  • plain
  • primitive
  • provincial
  • simple
  • sylvan
  • unaffected
  • unpolished
  • unrefined
  • unsophisticated
  • verdant

simple
adj. uncluttered, natural
  • absolute
  • austere
  • classic
  • clean
  • discreet
  • elementary
  • folksy
  • homely
  • homey
  • humble
  • inelaborate
  • lowly
  • mere
  • modest
  • not complex
  • open and shut
  • plain
  • pure
  • pure and simple
  • rustic
  • sheer
  • single
  • spartan
  • unadorned
  • unadulterated
  • unaffected
  • unalloyed
  • unblended
  • uncombined
  • uncomplicated
  • uncompounded
  • undecorated
  • unelaborate
  • unembellished
  • unfussy
  • unmitigated
  • unmixed
  • unornamented
  • unostentatious
  • unpretentious
  • unqualified
  • vanilla

snug
adj. cozy, warm
  • close
  • comfortable
  • comfy
  • compact
  • convenient
  • cushy
  • easeful
  • easy
  • homelike
  • homely
  • intimate
  • neat
  • restful
  • sheltered
  • snug as a bug in a rug
  • soft
  • substantial
  • tight
  • trim
  • well-off
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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.

And Barbara felt very grateful for all these homely kindnesses.

She rested and fascinated him at once by her strength and homely charm.

The homely beauty of it smote upon him, though it could not cheer.

It breathed an open frankness, a sweet and homely warmth which were very engaging.

The house was kept in a homely manner, and the condescension of Mr Blandois was infinite.

And joyous hail the homely sign That so had spelled a hope divine!

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