[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

homely \home"ly\, a. compar. homelier; superl. homeliest.
   from home, n.
   1. belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home;
      domestic; familiar; intimate. archaic
      1913 webster

            with all these men i was right homely, and communed
            with, them long and oft.              --foxe.
      1913 webster

            their homely joys, and destiny obscure. --gray.
      1913 webster

   2. plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a
      homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely
      manners.
      1913 webster

            now strephon daily entertains
            his chloe in the homeliest strains.   --pope.
      1913 webster

   3. of plain or coarse features; uncomely; ugly; -- usually
      used of people, especially women; -- contrary to
      handsome.
      1913 webster

            none so homely but loves a looking-glass. --south.
      1913 webster
see also:
homelier homeliest home handsome 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

homely \home"ly\, adv.
   plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed. r.
   --spenser.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

homely
     adj 1: lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child";
            "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a
            plain girl with a freckled face" syn: plain
     2: having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable; "the homely
        everyday atmosphere"; "a homey little inn" syn: homelike,
         homey, homy
     3: plain and unpretentious; "homely truths"; "letters to his
        son full of homely advice"; "homely fare"
     4: without artificial refinement or elegance; "plain homely
        furniture"; "homely manners"
     also: homeliest, homelier
see also:
plain homelike homey homy homeliest homelier 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

204 moby thesaurus words for "homely":
   attic, babbittish, bohemian, philistine, spartan, affable, amiable,
   ascetic, austere, bald, bare, baseborn, basic, beautiless,
   below the salt, blemished, blotted, bourgeois, cacophonic,
   cacophonous, campy, candid, casual, chaste, cheerful, classic,
   classical, cockney, comfortable, comfy, commodious, common,
   commonplace, congenial, contented, convenient, cordial, cosy, cozy,
   cushioned, cushiony, cushy, defaced, degage, direct, disfigured,
   domestic, dry, dull, dysphemistic, dysphemized, easeful, easy,
   easygoing, elementary, essential, everyday, familiar, folksy,
   frank, free and easy, friendly, fundamental, garden,
   garden-variety, general, gracious, haymish, high-camp, homelike,
   homespun, homey, homish, homogeneous, household, humble,
   humble-looking, humble-visaged, humblest, ill-favored, indivisible,
   inelegant, informal, inglorious, innocuous, intimate, irreducible,
   irregular, kitschy, lean, least, lived-in, loose, low, low-camp,
   lowborn, lowbred, lowest, lowliest, lowly, luxurious, marred,
   matter-of-fact, mean, mere, modest, monolithic, natural, neat,
   nonclerical, nondescript, of a piece, offhand, offhanded, open,
   ordinary, peaceful, plain, plain-speaking, plain-spoken, plebeian,
   poor, pop, popular, primal, primary, prosaic, prosing, prosy,
   public, pure, pure and simple, relaxed, relaxing, reposeful,
   restful, roomy, rude, rustic, serene, severe, shabby-genteel,
   short on looks, simon-pure, simple, simple-speaking, single, small,
   snug, sober, sociable, soft, spare, spoiled, stark,
   straightforward, teachable, third-estate, tranquil, uglified, ugly,
   ugly as hell, ugly as sin, unadorned, unaesthetic, unaffected,
   unalluring, unassuming, unattractive, unbeauteous, unbeautiful,
   unceremonious, uncluttered, uncomely, unconstrained,
   unconventional, undifferenced, undifferentiated, undistinguished,
   unelaborate, ungarnished, ungenteel, unhandsome, uniform,
   unimaginative, unimportant, unlovely, unofficial, unornamented,
   unostentatious, unpleasing, unpoetical, unpretending,
   unpretentious, unpretty, unsightly, unsophisticated, unstudied,
   unvarnished, vernacular, vulgar, warm, workaday, workday

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