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Domesticity; care of home.

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Definitions

  1. n. Domesticity; care of home.
  2. n. Familiarity; intimacy.
  3. n. Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.
  4. n. Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language.
  5. n. having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance
  6. n. an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful
  7. 1. Domesticity; care of home. [Obs.] "Wifely homeliness." Chaucer. 2. Familiarity; intimacy. [Obs.] Chaucer. 3. Plainness; want of elegance or beauty. 4. Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language. Addison.
  8. n:100 n. an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful