homely

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

Reground yourself, if needed, with a homely gold “posy ring” inscribed around the inside with a reassuring motto like “I am but a token,” “I live in hope,” or “Rather Deathe Then False of Fayte.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024

The man looks like he's about to object to her polite refusal, but then he catches an older woman's eye and moves off to escort a homely girl in a yellow dress instead.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

A number of the homelier mom-and-pop stores on the surrounding blocks had also been squeezed out.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 8, 2019

But when "The Simpsons" and "Seinfeld" arrived, it was the homelier sitcoms that held sway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2014

His campaign is seemingly mounting a belated bid to cultivate a homelier image.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 1, 2014

“Bad Romance” stands on the shoulders of these other, identically dressed, homelier singles, the star cheerleader, No. 1.

From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2014

Noise from outside the house was excluded completely, and even homelier indoor sounds were muffled, and sometimes even eliminated somehow.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

The homeliest dish on the menu — sepia-toned braised chicken — is among the best in part because of the swell of cream, morel mushrooms and vin jaune enveloping the tender chicken.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023

One woman wrote to her seeking advice about her 2-year-old daughter, whom she described as “the homeliest child I had ever seen,” with protruding ears and an unsatisfactory nose.

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2018

Perhaps the homeliest, certainly the longest and toughest of Open venues, Carnoustie is a no-holds-barred layout intended to test the best.

From Golf Digest ● Jan. 11, 2018

Whittier remains a minor writer, but his homeliest and most original work helped bring about the long-lived triumph of American vernacular verse.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2012

Even my mother said Howard was the homeliest baby she’d ever laid eyes on, but she did say that he would probably be just fine once he grew some hair.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson