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Recent Examples of homely Her new homely passageway features a doormat, letterbox, a wreath made up of leaves and a plant. George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024 Ford’s shrewd boss, Robert McNamara, was ready to kill the nameplate altogether, facing another homely redesign approved for 1961. Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025 There is no fruit more poetic than the homely apple: Horticulturally, an apple is a kind of pome. A.o. Scott, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 Here too, a bench with drawers (like the one seen here from Reform) provides a practical and homely solution. 7. Katharina Schwarze, Architectural Digest, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for homely
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homely
Adjective
  • My goodness, these men wanted to win the U.S. Open with every bit of their being, to finally win a major championship and make this ugly, rainy day worth the battles behind them.
    Brody Miller, New York Times, 16 June 2025
  • The beautiful game deserves better than to be played against a backdrop of ugly anti-human rights policies.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • Smears on non-sensor areas of the tiara are like bug debris on your hood, aesthetically unpleasing but not harmful.
    Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 1 Oct. 2019
  • His side's inability to finish off the game against Burnley on the other hand was very unpleasing.
    SI.com, SI.com, 1 Feb. 2018
Adjective
  • The hideous brutalist Embarcadero fountain had frozen over; couples skated across it like holiday shoppers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
  • There are no save-the-cat redemptions for a man who became famous for torturing, murdering and performing hideous experiments on countless Jews as part of a team of doctors overseeing medical services at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • Indeed, one of the new creatures slithering around Britain are grotesque, bloated slimeballs that suck up worms from the earth and are easily killed with a bow and arrow.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 18 June 2025
  • However, a giant, grotesque monster burst through the door, toward the corpse.
    Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 11 June 2025
Adjective
  • While these advancements are promising, Rocket Lab's stock appears expensive and unattractive at its current valuation, especially given its recent significant rally.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • There are a few family members who only wear olive, mustard, khaki, black and other dull colors; clunky, unattractive shoes; and few accessories.
    Judith Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2025

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“Homely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homely. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.

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