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

As those homely implements suggest, “Terce” focuses on the work of people not often celebrated in liturgy: those who keep house, cultivate gardens, nurture children.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024

They have their points, but none improves on the homely originals.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2023

Out in back is a homely garden that, even now, in mid-April, has root vegetables waiting to be dug—blighted potatoes and yams and tough-skinned carrots and turnips.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline