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Homeliness

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Noun

1. dowdiness, drabness, homeliness

having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance

2. homeliness, plainness

an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful

Example Sentences:
'fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Homeliness

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adjective -lier or -liest
1. 
characteristic of or suited to the ordinary home; unpretentious
2. (of a person)
a. British
warm and domesticated in manner or appearance
b. mainly US and Canadian
plain or ugly

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Homeliness

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈhomelier or ˈhomeliest
1.  Obsolete
a. 
of the home; domestic
b. 
homelike
2. 
a. 
characteristic of or suitable for home or home life; simple and unpretentious or plain and everyday
homely virtues
b. 
not elegant or polished; crude
3. 
not good-looking or handsome; plain or unattractive

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Homeliness

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adj. home·li·er, home·li·est
1. Not attractive or good-looking: a homely child.
2. Lacking elegance or refinement: homely furniture.
3. Of a simple or unpretentious nature; plain: homely truths.
4. Characteristic of the home or of home life: homely skills.

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