Definizione monolingua

homely

homely (comparative homelier, superlative homeliest)

1. Characteristic of or belonging to home, domestic. [from early 14th c.]
2. Simple, familiar, unelaborate. [from late 14th c.]
   • 2001, Sydney I. Landau, Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography, Cambridge University Press (ISBN 0-521-78512-X), page 167,

     There is no simple way to define precisely a complex arrangement of parts, however homely the object may appear to be.

3. (US) Lacking in beauty or elegance, plain in appearance, physically unattractive.
4. (India) Proficient in skills needed to maintain a home (see homemaker).

Definizione dizionario homely

brutto

brutta

bruttino

casalingo

domestico

familiare

modesto

semplice

Altri significati:

clumsy (work)

(US) Lacking in beauty or elegance, plain in appearance, physically unattractive.

Characteristic of or belonging to home, domestic. [from early 14th c.]

Simple, familiar, unelaborate. [from late 14th c.]

(India) Proficient in skills needed to maintain a home.