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also homy
as in homely
chiefly US
comfortable or familiar like home
a homey restaurant with a warm fireplace a homey atmosphere
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Recent Examples of homey
The Langham Club has a homey, intimate feel, with lots of sofas, tables and chairs inviting you to sit and relax with a little (or a lot of) something to eat.
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Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
That doesn’t mean these cookbooks don’t offer homey and nourishing recipes.
—Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
Dead Outlaw David Yazbek, Erik Della Penna, and Itamar Moses’s musical unspools with the homey charm of broadcast heard on a fuzzy radio transmission on a winter night in the prairie.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
The breadcrumbs on top felt naturally homey and warm.
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 20 Nov. 2024
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Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
That doesn’t mean these cookbooks don’t offer homey and nourishing recipes.
—Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
Dead Outlaw David Yazbek, Erik Della Penna, and Itamar Moses’s musical unspools with the homey charm of broadcast heard on a fuzzy radio transmission on a winter night in the prairie.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
The breadcrumbs on top felt naturally homey and warm.
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 20 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homey
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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
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Eighteen months ago, the Jewish Museum London, which occupied an idiosyncratic, homely town house in Camden, where my wife and I used to take our kids on rainy weekends, closed its doors for lack of funding.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
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Right now, temperatures are chilly and nights are long, but winter is the perfect time to cuddle up with comfortable and plush bedding.Shea Simmons, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2025
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So for me, getting to that place means being comfortable with myself and my surroundings, and often doing something repetitive, like cleaning or shopping.Ron Hart, SPIN, 10 Jan. 2025
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There weren’t historical castles, pleasant hills, or the familiar scenes of chanting fans and players warming up around him.Henry Flynn, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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The restaurant is decidedly small, a pleasant change of scenery for Charlotte, where large, echoey restaurants have become so commonplace.Samantha Husted, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2025
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In an even less hospitable part of Utah Territory, an injured horse prompts Isaac to stop for the night, the rest of which is spent getting to know his companions a bit better.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
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The weather was relatively hospitable for late December on the future site of the Mall of America.Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2025
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Our space is down to earth, cozy, homelike and comfortable.Caroline Tell, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
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The banners hang in the pod common area, which Ms. Tong has made more homelike with huge, plastic rocking chairs, live plants, and a miniature fish tank with blue and red betta fish.Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2021
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“Homey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homey. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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