homely
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He added: "The homely comfy environment like a chip shop that people are familiar with, and nostalgic old-school graphics really helps lean into an uncanny dreamlike feeling."
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
Jenny Nimmo, the head of inclusion at East Midlands Academy Trust, which runs Prince William Academy, says the unit will have more "homely" classrooms and on-site mental health provision.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
The firms today have innocuous, homely names such as Dave.com and Brigit; their websites are adorned with stock photos of young people and families evidently basking in the relief of a short-term financial crisis averted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024
At the game’s outset, the calm before the unleashing of a cosmic horror storm, the player explores homely cabins littered with the paraphernalia of private lives: comforting trinkets, family photos.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
He gazed around at the homely little room.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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A number of the homelier mom-and-pop stores on the surrounding blocks had also been squeezed out.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 8, 2019
But when "The Simpsons" and "Seinfeld" arrived, it was the homelier sitcoms that held sway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2014
His campaign is seemingly mounting a belated bid to cultivate a homelier image.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 1, 2014
“Bad Romance” stands on the shoulders of these other, identically dressed, homelier singles, the star cheerleader, No. 1.
From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2014
Noise from outside the house was excluded completely, and even homelier indoor sounds were muffled, and sometimes even eliminated somehow.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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Indeed, as the play begins, Peg Smith, whose name alone lets you know she’s plain and real, stands cracking eggs at her kitchen island to make the homeliest food ever devised: zucchini bread.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
The homeliest dish on the menu — sepia-toned braised chicken — is among the best in part because of the swell of cream, morel mushrooms and vin jaune enveloping the tender chicken.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023
Perhaps the homeliest, certainly the longest and toughest of Open venues, Carnoustie is a no-holds-barred layout intended to test the best.
From Golf Digest ● Jan. 11, 2018
Whittier remains a minor writer, but his homeliest and most original work helped bring about the long-lived triumph of American vernacular verse.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2012
Even my mother said Howard was the homeliest baby she’d ever laid eyes on, but she did say that he would probably be just fine once he grew some hair.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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