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— English words —

• homely adj. Characteristic of, belonging to, or befitting a home; domestic, cozy.
• homely adj. (North America) Lacking in beauty or elegance, plain in appearance, physically unattractive.
• homely adj. (UK dialectal) On intimate or friendly terms with (someone); familiar; at home (with a person); intimate.
• homely adj. (UK dialectal, of animals) Domestic; tame.
• homely adj. (UK dialectal) Personal; private.
• homely adj. (UK dialectal) Friendly; kind; gracious; cordial.
• homely adj. (India) Conservative and family-oriented.
• homely adj. (Archaic) Simple; plain; familiar; unelaborate; unadorned.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Middle english
  • homely adv. Alternative form of homly.
  • homely adj. Alternative form of homly.

— English words, defined in French —

• homely adj. Relatif à la maison. Qui a l’air d’une maison.
• homely adj. Pas beau ou belle physiquement, en parlant d’une personne.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• homely adj. Caseiro.

43 English words from 10 English definitions

Alternative America and animals appearance Archaic at␣home beauty befitting belonging Characteristic Conservative cordial cozy dialectal domestic elegance familiar family form friendly gracious home India intimate kind Lacking North North␣America oriented person Personal physically plain private Simple someone tame terms unadorned unattractive unelaborate with

5 English words from 3 foreign definitions

air à␣la beau belle Pas

9 foreign words from 3 foreign definitions

à␣la␣maison Caseiro maison parlant personne physiquement Qui Relatif une

4 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

homelyn homelyns homelyness homely␣as␣a␣hedge␣fence

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

unhomely overhomely

15 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Ely Hom home Home home- Homel mel Mel MEL -mel- ome Ome OME 'ome -ome

9 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

emo Emo Lem LEM L.E.M. moh MOH Moh. ylem

5 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

homelyn mayhole mesohyl phylome Thomley

13 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

holey holme Holme Homel homey Hoyle Hymel Meloy mohel Mohel moyle Moyle myelo-

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

comely homily hotely

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

Homel homey

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