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Sentence Examples The main tradition of our historical fiction has been rather homely and dour, with puritanism doing duty as the mother of necessity. Kate had a generosity of spirit that reached out to many and she was homely and welcoming to a fault. The Chinese have an ordinary homely dish made of fish head stewed with tofu, which is bland and believed to be healthy. Eisenhower is seen as homely, modest and more at home as a coalition leader than as a field commander. His appeal to his listening public as brothers and sisters was an attempt to appear homely, patriotic, and even rather non-political. He was a much loved figure, witty, kind-hearted, and absent-minded, and his satires are plain, clear, homely, and predominantly good-natured. Proper linen napkins were teamed with mismatched cutlery and homely plates, adding to the unpretentious but stylish character of the place. Nestled among her descriptions of food at posh New York restaurants is a handful of recipes for the simple, homely food that she cooks at home. In Bulgaria the cooks go crazy with this homely vegetable, shoving it on everything from salads and sandwiches to slices of pizza. It's an outgrowth of a philosophy that doesn't discriminate between what's homely and domestic and what's grand and public. The family quiz show that was being aired by Asianet had been one of those homely shows which had found favour with family audiences. It is mostly used for the plainer and more homely cakes such as Victoria sandwich cakes. I came back to the city sitting on a crate of organic asparagus and listening to a homely, hippie couple bicker in the back seat. It seemed as if just a month ago I was an underrated, homely girl with nothing but a dream. The other teenage boy, a homely lad with a very unpleasant-looking big nose, looked as if a bomb had just exploded next to him. They were weird little guys, homely men with pot bellies and wispy tinted hair. People didn't look at you that way if they thought you were plain and homely. Unlike most guys, Alex will be just as nice to the homely girls as he is to the popular ones. They are far from ugly but compared to my mother's side of the family, they are simple and homely. She had the same look, the same dark hair and nerdy glasses, homely appearance, and amazing personality. Show More Sentences I was homely, and he didn't want me to embarrass him any more than was absolutely necessary. The 18th-century mind preferred homely dirt and the occasional clean shirt to the terrors of cold water or the deep ocean. Rather than being cocooned in five-star sterility, it's fun and comfortable to stay at one of these innumerable small homely hotels. The contents are heavily personalised and use homely phrases designed to appeal to those of a trusting nature. The interior has the homely feel of a comfortable country retreat rather than a royal palace. It is so much bound up with the domestic, the homely, with the kids, with budgeting and making ends meet, and with piecework type occupations. Hotels serve international or Czech food, which is hearty and homely and very addictive. As a first-timer at the place I was impressed with their homely feel and easy atmosphere. It's an intriguing venue too since while much of the street is overrun with posey and pretentious places, Arc manages to remain hip and homely. He dubbed himself Alistair, traded in his homely Midlands accent for one closer to Mayfair, and cultivated a posh circle of friends. She had the chutzpah to take homely Texas-Southern favorites and bring them out of the closet, culinarily speaking. Fat and homely, he womanizes and gourmandizes and pulls tablecloths out from under dishes. It serves as the local church now, and it's a little disconcerting to see the homely parish notices posted up in such an imposing edifice. The versatility of an electro-acoustic with the comforting, homely feel of an electric. She even admits to wearing dirndl, a traditional Bavarian costume with an embroidered bodice and a homely apron. All were delighted with the great evening where music was played and all relaxed in a most homely and wonderful atmosphere. Surprisingly, then, it behooves the discerning reader to gravitate toward books that are homely. It is one of the most homely places in town where a warm welcome and friendly smile awaits all visitors. Dinner is taken in the homely dining-room, which on our visit had a reassuring mix of regulars and weekending urbanites. To make it more homely they planted oaks and junipers and many other exotic plants and trees. Show More Sentences He had a real homely and jolly down to earth manner that endeared him to all. I'd have sworn he was still burning the way his body shone. Barr's tone is homely, gnarled, wintrily pastoral. Oven baked tomatoes stuffed with Mediterranean veg and Parmesan had a concentrated sweetness to them while the veg were appetisingly homely. A standard set of 16 veneers over dingy old teeth, and the homely are transformed with instant white choppers. The lounge is big and homely, and there are rustic breakfast tables in the kitchen, with the option of eating outside in the lovely garden. Global stars they may be, but they created a warm, homely atmosphere, joking and telling stories about their family. As an awkward, homely young woman, the Marquesa was forced into an arranged marriage. The result is winning, shimmering pop that sounds quaint and postmodern, sternly Teutonic and curiously homely at the same time. Jess has done her best to make it more homely by hanging pictures and posters on the walls and putting a throw rug on the sofa bed. Our tutors specialise in teaching beginners in a very relaxed homely atmosphere. As a consequence the BBC is quickly shedding its homely image and taking on the commercial media world. But any homely illusions were quickly dispelled by Turkish shrapnel and stubborn shellfire, resulting in heavy casualties. There's a lingering smell of lavender and nice homely touches such as flowers, china tea cups, a bowl of chocolates and whisky miniatures. Tim Lambert, normally writing on science, brings a sad photograph and a homely family touch which bites almost deeper than the horror. She looked at one of the frogs, a big homely one with a gigantic mouth and monstrous warts. It's a low budget affair and so the hotel was unpretentious and homely and cheap. It lacked Tarana's homely gaggle of locals, but made up for it by having a 4ft kangaroo lounging decadently in front of the fire in the snug. With wooden flooring and large comfortable sofas, it offers a modern atmosphere but with a cosy, homely feel. The court was a homely little room, with flowers in vases and pot plants on desks rather than scales of justice and clanging doors. He began as an exuberant young pup setting teen hearts aflutter with his homely good looks. Show More Sentences I'd light candles in the small, pink room that I slept in to make it more homely. Clothes were hanging out to dry on the homely wires strung across the higher parts of the alley. The homely cardie, unfortunately, is a necessary evil in our depressingly cold and damp northern climate. A simple analogy or a homely metaphor does the trick to invite the reader to share his views, opinions, judgement and comments. Use of warm, dim lighting goes some way to mask the ugly furnishings, creating a cosy, homely, inviting atmosphere. There's a warm and homely atmosphere to go with the fare of traditional country cooking and game. To the right is the living room, a homely space with an open fireplace and large, comfortable armchairs. Contact sessions are held in purposefully homely rooms with comfortable easy chairs and lots of toys, games and activities. The whole place had a very homely, cosy feel to it, and I just became accustomed to the rooms being unfinished. The entire living room was very homely and pleasant, with large windows that let in the afternoon light. Gillian loves the unique, homely atmosphere there and says she likes to think the pub is nothing like standard pub chains. The tables are plain pine, giving the whole restaurant a homely, farmhouse-kitchen feel. He went to the Pennine School in Wakefield, a Steiner school offering vocational training in a friendly, homely environment. She pointed out that the scheme also gives young people with intellectual disabilities an enjoyable break in a homely atmosphere. She said hospital guides have shown that patients recover much more quickly in a normal, homely atmosphere. Donald Legg was a homely man, his nose was too large for his face. The bill of fare is homely, cheap, and effortlessly stylish. As well as providing a homely environment, the project enables residents to pick up the skills they will need when they come to live independently. She is the kind of homely, unassuming woman you would pass in the street. People are encouraged to use the centre on an informal basis where they can meet professionally trained people in a relaxed, calm and homely atmosphere. Show More Sentences Not for the first time, I wished I was homely and forgettable. Others this season stood by their affection for homely beauty and baroque extravagance. When she had a makeover in August 2009, those who fell in love with the homely homebody almost had a collective breakdown. Residents say that a succession of elderly women in the village has kept the call box spick and span and added the homely touches for more than 15 years. The track opens with a series of agitated sci-fi effects, homely robot tones that later segue into what sounds like the malfunctioning calliope of a downtrodden circus. Even so, no matter that I love to stitch, that I pick up the quilt whenever I can, that I honestly take solace in this homely handwork, it still takes months. The pancake batter is the nice homely type we all know and love. My base for my Cornish adventure was the homely Tregurrian Hotel just 100 yards from the glorious sandy reaches of Watergate Bay, a tiny hamlet four miles from Newquay. At first glance, it would seem that the decision to cast the luminous Greta Garbo as the homely Christina is Hollywood historical revisionism at its most overt. But the London painted here, the Britain painted here, is a gilded, desirable place, magnificent yet homely, where rumours of empire intrude only as exotic hints. Instead the Cat and Fiddle had an almost homely feel about it. Their caravan is warm and homely, with glass and china neatly displayed. She felt a sense of pride in the homely environment she had created. It had a nice, homely atmosphere to it, and seemed friendly and welcoming. Winter nights, she tried to teach herself knitting, then began weaving rag rugs, which were homely but at least freed her from the reading of unfathomable directions. It's very homely and informal and I love the bluegrass and country music. The ethos is based on caring, socialisation and education in a homely environment, and each member of staff shows endless patience, love and commitment to our children. They were as plain and homely as a table-top dancer when the rains had wiped the paint and powder from her face. Spacious yet homely, it has an extensive range of units, granite worktops, a Welsh dresser and tall cupboards. He observed that it was not one of the homely flys from the under-hill town, but apparently from the popular resort across the bay. Show More Sentences There is no simple way to define precisely a complex arrangement of parts, however homely the object may appear to be. Books devoted to the homely beliefs of the peasantry are filled with incidents of pixie manifestations. You med be religious, or you med not, but you can't help striking in your homely note with the rest. With all these men I was right homely, and communed with them long and oft. He was the most frecklesome kid I ever saw in my life. He was so homely that he was attractive. He led them on gently, encouraging them by trivialities and homely observations, making them feel comfortable all along. Like a great many other Nova Scotia towns that make provision for the tourist, Annapolis, the rare, the old, the memoryful, has pleasant stopping places of homely atmosphere. A more homely programme Gwlad y Gan was produced by rival channel TWW which set classic Welsh songs in idyllic settings and starred baritone Ivor Emmanuel. Homely restaurants serve inexpensive fixed menus known as comida corrida. Broadcasting only over the Internet is Homely Planet, the Cultural Radio Station for Northern Ireland, supporting community relations. Examples from Classical Literature I could never have applied to her the homely but significant name of helpmate. Swift, in passing through the county of Cavan, called at a homely but hospitable house, where he knew he should be well received. A homely utterance, but it has virtue to overthrow all dynasties and hierarchies. A leathern pitcher, called a black jack, used by our homely ancestors for quaffing their ale. It was all straight-from-the-shoulder kind of talk, garbed in homely phrase. She married when she's fifty-three, and she was homely 's a hedge fence and hadn't any faculty. He is a magician, spectral at times, yet his songs have the homely lyric fervour and concision of Robert Burns. It is kindly and homely to me to hear her voice and to feel that she is behind me. The house was kept in a homely manner, and the condescension of Mr Blandois was infinite. A homely illustration may serve to show the appearance which a globular cluster presents in a good telescope. His poetic effusions were homely and graphic, both in their sprightful humour and more tender sentiment. She wur nowt but a desolate, homely lass, as seemt to ha' no place i' th' world, an' yet wur tender and weak-hearted to th' core. Against the archaically homely background the beauty of the young girl appeared in most striking contrast. She was one homely sharecropper, that was a fact, but she had a nice feel for Lady Luck. Norma liked the big, homely boy in olive drab, who kissed the little homely mother so affectionately. The homely viands were eaten with decided enjoyment, and afterward even old Mr. Irving joined in the Virginia reel. It was contrary to all the homely traditions at the farm to kill or maltreat a toad. And there were, about her, other suggestions of a rustic and homely nature. He was long limbed and awkward and useless, and homely as a shopworn fifty-cent yellow plush manicure set. In every sense, they were preserving their unostentatious, homely American ways. Show More Sentences The remote and esthetically sublime is to be scientifically described and explained in terms of homely familiar events and forces. This is a homely way of viewing the question, but it suffices. In point of cleanliness and comfort it would have suffered by no comparison with any English alehouse, of a homely kind, in England. In simple taste and homely inclination this much-travelled map was more simple and homely than the veriest yokel. O'Malley was looking down at him, his homely face twisted into a scowl. The reception room has an original, homely fireplace, plus a wood sash window to the side. She rested and fascinated him at once by her strength and homely charm. The homely little house stood there, its panels and brasses shining in the firelight, as if magically created to receive them. At the door stood Malcolm Ramsay, a homely neighbour youth who had been courting Ursula in his clumsy way ever since she grew up. Without his scrapbooks, his chemicals, and his homely untidiness, he was an uncomfortable man. They were all so manifestly built for homely chalets on the solid earth and carefully tilled fields and blond wives and cheery merrymaking. It was one of those primitive taverns where the traveller pays only for food and lodging, but meets with a homely kindness beyond all price. How can you ever love such a skinny homely thing as I am now! The homely beauty of it smote upon him, though it could not cheer. Such reckoning, of course, only holds good of thrifty, homely France. Great was the interchange of news over the homely hearty meal. I think it was the homely smell of hot buttered toast that did it. And joyous hail the homely sign That so had spelled a hope divine! He was a dapper little Irishman, very vain, homely as a monkey, with friends everywhere, and a sweetheart in every port, like a sailor. Then of a truth you will long for ironbark, or even homely oak. Show More Sentences The comparison may be a homely one, but it is understandable. The same idea was carried out in the cups and saucers of thick homely delft, and in the cream-jug of similar kind. I was glad when I picked up its homely white front in my periscope. The king said it was all the more homely and more pleasanter for these fixings, and so don't disturb them. Over the years, I've hunted behind homely, even plug-ugly dogs, that on the surface seemed to be without redeeming qualities. A homely proverb recognises the existence of a troublesome class of persons who, having an inch conceded them, will take an ell. She was a homely woman, with a small weazened face and body and eyes that glowed. The homely word JOB, like much that I have written, offends you. They were quaint and sympathetic, those two homely basins, unfurnished and silent, with no aggressive display of cranes, no apparatus of hurry and work on their narrow shores. He was a homely, freckled, sandy-haired young fellow, with an intelligent blue eye that had frankness and comradeship in it and a covert twinkle of a pleasant sort. She seemed strikingly homely, standing there in the afternoon light. At first she was not at all interested, but gradually, as the girl rattled on in her good-tempered, homely way, Mary began to notice what she was saying. Homely indeed were the additions thus made to their daily ration of charqui beef, horse-flesh or kangaroo. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of homely? Words that rhyme with homely What is the adverb for homely? What is the adjective for homely? What is the noun for homely? Translations for homely Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words homeliness homelike home life homeliest homelier homeless person homemade home-made homemaker homemakers homemaking homeobox 6-letter Words Starting With h ho hom home homel