homely

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It's certainly a homely affair for James Dunk, who has played every year for about a decade and always enters a team made up of three sets of neighbours.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Jenny Nimmo, the head of inclusion at East Midlands Academy Trust, which runs Prince William Academy, says the unit will have more "homely" classrooms and on-site mental health provision.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

The firms today have innocuous, homely names such as Dave.com and Brigit; their websites are adorned with stock photos of young people and families evidently basking in the relief of a short-term financial crisis averted.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024

At the game’s outset, the calm before the unleashing of a cosmic horror storm, the player explores homely cabins littered with the paraphernalia of private lives: comforting trinkets, family photos.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2024

The high chamber of the turret behind, where they had met again, seemed almost homely: they were out in the open again now, and terror ran along the walls.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien