Homey vs Homely - What's the difference?
homey | homely |
(homie)
Befitting a home; cozy, intimate.
(dated) Lacking in beauty or elegance, plain in appearance, physically unattractive.
* 1958 , , Lolita , Chapter 15
(archaic) Characteristic of or belonging to home; domestic.
On intimate or friendly terms with (someone); familiar; at home (with a person); intimate.
* 1563 , , Chapter on William Thorpe
Domestic; tame.
Personal; private.
Friendly; kind; gracious; cordial.
(archaic) Simple; plain; familiar; unelaborate; unadorned.
* 1731 , , Strephon and Chloe, Lines 211-212
* 2001 , Sydney I. Landau, Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography , Cambridge University Press (ISBN 0-521-78512-X), page 167,
Homely is a synonym of homey.
As adjectives the difference between homey and homely
is that homey is befitting a home; cozy, intimate while homely is lacking in beauty or elegance, plain in appearance, physically unattractive.As a noun homey
is alternative form of homie.homey
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* (l)Noun
(homeys)Usage notes
* Very informal slang associated with urban . Spelling of the plural is uncertain, as most usage is spoken. In writing, the form homies is more common.Etymology 2
.Adjective
(er)- Susan added some homey touches to her office.
Synonyms
* (l)homely
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Alternative forms
* (l) (Scotland)Adjective
(en-adj)- There is none so homely but loves a looking-glass.
- You see, she'' sees herself as a starlet; ''I see her as a sturdy, healthy but decidedly homely kid.
- With all these men I was right homely , and communed with them long and oft.
- Now Strephon daily entertains / His Chloe in the homeliest strains.
- There is no simple way to define precisely a complex arrangement of parts, however homely the object may appear to be.