HO'MELY, adjective [from home.] Of plain features; not handsome; as a homely face. It expresses less than ugly. Let time, which makes you homely make you wise. 1. Plain, like that which is made for common domestic use; rude; coarse; not fine or elegant; as a homely garment; a homely house; homely are. Now Strephon daily entertains His Chloe in the homeliest strains. HO'MELY, adverb Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as homely dressed. [Little used.]
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