1. Plain and unpretentious
   "homely fare"; "homely truths"; "letters to his son full of homely advice"
    
2. Without artificial refinement or elegance
   "plain homely furniture"; "homely manners"
    
3. Having a feeling of home; cosy and comfortable
   "the homely everyday atmosphere";
   - homelike, homey, homy, mumsy [Brit, informal], gemütlich
    
4. [N. Amer] Lacking in physical beauty or proportion
   "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely";
   - plain, unhandsome

Derived forms: homeliest, homelier

See also: comfortable, comfy, inelegant, plain, unattractive

Encyclopedia: Homely