📅 Created: 23 May, 2023
🔄 Updated: 05 Dec, 2025

The word 'homely' is - ?

Explanation

“Homely” āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāϪ⧇āϰ (adjective) āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž āĻāϟāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŦāĻž āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϰ āϗ⧁āĻŖ, āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϞ⧋:

1. āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāϪ⧇āϰ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āϝāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ (noun) āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ (pronoun)–āĻāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϗ⧁āĻŖ, āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž, āφāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āχāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ⧂āĻĒ â€œa happy child” āĻŦāĻž “the sky looks dark” āχāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĨ¤

2. “Homely” āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇
– “Homely” āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϝ⧇āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āύāĻžāĻŽā§€ā§Ÿ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
– āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ “homely house” āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ “āĻ¸ā§āύāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϧ, āφāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻ• āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋ” āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž “homely person” āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ “āϏāĻšāϜāϞāĻ­ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻˇâ€āĨ¤

3. āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ—āϤ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϏ
“Homely” āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āχ āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžā§Ÿ:
ā§§) āφāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻ•, āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ, āϏāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϟāĻž (more UK usage)
⧍) āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āύ āĻŦāĻž āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖāĻšā§€āύ (less common US usage)
āϝāĻžāĻšā§‹āĻ•, āωāϭ⧟ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§‚āϞāϤ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž/āϗ⧁āĻŖ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϝāĻž āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ “āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧟āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϰ āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ¯â€ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§œā§‡ āĻāϟāĻžāχ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāχ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚ⧟āĨ¤

4. āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āϗ⧇āϰ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
– “She loves the homely atmosphere of her grandmother’s cottage.”
– “Despite her homely looks, she had a warm and inviting personality.”

āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ⧇, “homely” āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϰ āϗ⧁āĻŖ-āĻŽāĻžāύ, āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽ (verb), āύāĻžāĻŽ (noun) āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ (pronoun) āύ⧟, āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻŖāĨ¤