homely

a modern hotel with a homely atmosphere.

quite a homely sort of body

Her mother is a homely woman.

because of my country accent, people identified me with a homely farmer's wife.

Times are changed and we must, to use the homely metaphor, cut our coat according to our cloth.

She quite forgot Hurstwood's presence at times, and looked away to homely farmhouses and cosey cottages in villages with wondering eyes.

The king, insulted by this homely simile, banishes the youngest daughter and divides his kingdom between the older two, who promptly kick him out on his royal heinie.

But their surfaces bear witness to homely labor: Topping the tallest stone, once part of a trilithon, is a tenon—half of a mortise-and-tenon joint borrowed from woodworking.

Why do I always get the homely ones?

Mortified, Fawcett tried to take out the sting by crossing out homely and writing in plain.

A more homely approach to military technology is warranted.

As a young girl she was painfully aware of being very homely.

I was very disappointed to see her sister; she was a homely girl.

It is rather homely withal, having nothing in feather, feature, or form to attract notice.

Sue's place is the perfect homely spot to enjoy a traditional New Year hot pot.

" Aye, and slew his brother, " said a short homely man in a rust-eaten iron halfhelm.

Homely NFL quarterbacks earn less than their comelier counterparts, despite identical yards passed and years in the league.

" It wasn't Longspear, then" ? Jon was relieved. He liked Longspear, with his homely face and friendly ways.