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Many of my favourite hotels are in London. I like the Covent Garden Hotel and I stayed at Blakes last time I was in London. I like the feeling of warmth and homeliness that you get from both of those places.
Diego Luna

Meaning of "homeliness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOMELINESS

homeliness  [ˈhəʊmlɪnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOMELINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Homeliness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOMELINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of homeliness in the English dictionary

The definition of homeliness in the dictionary is home-like quality; pleasant unpretentiousness. Other definition of homeliness is plainness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOMELINESS


comeliness
ˈkʌmlɪnɪs
deadliness
ˈdedlɪnɪs
friendliness
ˈfrɛndlɪnɪs
godliness
ˈɡɒdlɪnɪs
holiness
ˈhəʊlɪnɪs
kindliness
ˈkaɪndlɪnɪs
liveliness
ˈlaɪvlɪnɪs
loveliness
ˈlʌvlɪnɪs
manliness
ˈmænlɪnɪs
oiliness
ˈɔɪlɪnɪs
seemliness
ˈsiːmlɪnɪs
silliness
ˈsɪlɪnɪs
timeliness
ˈtaɪmlɪnɪs
ugliness
ˈʌɡlɪnɪs
ungodliness
ʌnˈɡɒdlɪnɪs
unseemliness
ʌnˈsiːmlɪnɪs
untimeliness
ʌnˈtaɪmlɪnɪs
user-friendliness
ˌjuːzəˈfrendlɪnɪs
womanliness
ˈwʊmənlɪnɪs
worldliness
ˈwɜːldlɪnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOMELINESS

homeland
homeland security
homelands movement
homeless
homeless shelter
homelessness
homelier
homeliest
homelike
homelily
homely
homelyn
homemaker
homemaking
homeobox
homeobox gene
homeomeric
homeomerous
homeomery
homeomorph

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOMELINESS

agribusiness
big business
bulkiness
business
cleanliness
cleanliness is next to godliness
core business
craziness
dizziness
do the business
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
happiness
laziness
loneliness
readiness
rough-and-readiness
show business
trustworthiness

Synonyms and antonyms of homeliness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «homeliness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOMELINESS

Find out the translation of homeliness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of homeliness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «homeliness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

朴素
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fealdad
570 millions of speakers

English

homeliness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

homeliness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المعايشة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

домашний уют
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

homeliness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

homeliness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vie de famille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesucian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wohnlichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

日常的なこと
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이 편함
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Homeliness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự giản dị
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

homeliness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घरगुतीपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çirkinlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

familiarità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

swojskość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

домашній затишок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

simplitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ζεστασιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

huislikheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hemlikhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hjemmekos
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of homeliness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMELINESS»

The term «homeliness» is normally little used and occupies the 112.823 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMELINESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about homeliness

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QUOTES WITH «HOMELINESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word homeliness.
1
Diego Luna
Many of my favourite hotels are in London. I like the Covent Garden Hotel and I stayed at Blakes last time I was in London. I like the feeling of warmth and homeliness that you get from both of those places.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOMELINESS»

Discover the use of homeliness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to homeliness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Day's Collacon: an Encyclopaedia of Prose Quotations: ...
HOMELINESS. Homeliness is true ; beauty false. Al-B&ri. Homely people are generally of a pleasant disposition. E. Brooks. It is possible, even for a woman, to habituate herself to homeliness. Mme. Viot. All women, be they ever so homely, are ...
‎1884
2
Gifted Origins to Graced Fulfillment: The Soteriology of ...
Julian often couples homely and courteous love as two essential dimensions of divine love: "For our Lord himself is supreme familiarity [homeliness], and he is as courteous as he is familiar [homely], for he is true courtesy" (16:77.331).
Kerrie Hide, 2001
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Holiday Makers
The restoration of homeliness Homeliness is not something objective or measurable, it cannot be expressed in the number of bedrooms, in the size of the garden or in the number of sports and leisure facilities. It is an entirely subjective feeling.
Jost Krippendorf, 2010
4
The Catfish
George's impression of the homeliness of London deepened with further acquaintance. There was the homeliness of the court, which not only Mrs. Dove's well-informed conversation but the newspapers impressed upon him; the homeliness of ...
Charles Marriott, 1913
5
Exploring Our Environmental Connections
Family and Homeliness Family refers to the sense of home we have within ourselves, which binds us to people with whom we have blood ties or special affinities. Some qualities and activities of family include: acknowledging the relevance of ...
Eleanor A. Schuster, Carolyn L. Brown, 1994
6
The Living Age
HOMELINESS. It is an odd thing that a derogatory meaning has clung so long to the word "homely." There is often a suggestion of cynicism about its old- fashioned, use in English,— a suggestion which is accentuated ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1909
7
Hope: New Philosophies for Change
homeliness into various aspects like familiarity, community, security and hope. Yes, it means learning to feel uncomfortable with 'comfort' or contentment - intellectual or otherwise - and the hopes that we can so actively take for granted within ...
Mary Zournazi, 2002
8
Essays on Japan: Between Aesthetics and Literature
The incorporation of fire into this cold rationality gives the German people an ultimate sense of homeliness—a sense that could only be achieved with an encounter with a foreign land. Homeliness is achieved only after passing through the ...
Michael Marra, 2010
9
Welcome to My Dreams
Homeliness. When the time comes you have no home, nowhere to stay, you roam from place to place each and every day expose to all kind of weather the heat the snow the cold and the rain wondering if tomorrow will the same. Not knowing ...
Gill L. Hood, 2013
10
Memory: Histories, Theories, Debates
People experience homeliness to the extent that they live in an approximation of their ideal home. But their homes are never secure, familiar, or communal enough and never allow for as many opportunities as one yearns for. Homes are  ...
Susannah Radstone, Bill Schwarz, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOMELINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term homeliness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Review: Hudson Village Theatre casts The Glass Menagerie in a …
Here, though, Stratford and Shaw Festival veteran Martha Burns feels reined in, maybe to emphasize maternal homeliness rather than the ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
2
Martha Washington was first in more ways than one
America'€™s most famous pawnbroker then expounds in detail about the, well, undeniable homeliness of much of American currency, with the ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jul 15»
3
Iftar review: Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi
While most restaurants offer a variety of fancier breads (baguette, ciabatta, brown, whole wheat, etc), we enjoyed the homeliness the khobez ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
4
Capital Playbook: Wayne Barrett on De Blasio; Hillary's economic …
“The smallish, brown-paper-wrapped burger, a beauty in its juicy, textured homeliness, owes more to the late-night aesthetics of White Castle ... «Capital New York, Jul 15»
5
This $6 veggie burger has New Yorkers lining down the block
The smallish, brown-paper-wrapped burger, a beauty in its juicy, textured homeliness, owes more to the late-night aesthetics of White Castle ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
6
Singapore's South-east Asian potential
... sense of homeliness and belonging, and extending one's sense of comfort further, rendering the foreign and uncomfortable homely instead. «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
7
Henry Shefflin: This Tipperary team need to start closing out a few …
Croke Park for the occasion, Nowlan Park for the familiarity, homeliness and connection with the crowd, but the Thurles surface is just perfect ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
8
Fino Seppeltsfield: restaurant review
It's the essence of homeliness and country cooking. A piece of seriously good roasted snapper fillet gets a mattress of potato-heavy brandade ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
9
Penmex: Does colour really influence people's perception of a brand?
It gives people the feeling of security, comfort and homeliness. White is pure, youthful and mild. It is often used to suggest simplicity in high-tech ... «Journalism.co.uk, Jul 15»
10
The Roman Oasis opens its doors to an ancient world of delight
Paul Hickling and his wife Kaat are accustomed to throwing wonderfully extravagant parties, which is probably why The Roman Oasis oozes homeliness without ... «NEWS.GNOM.ES, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Homeliness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/homeliness>. Apr 2024 ».
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