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homelyness

homelyness is the obsolete spelling of homeliness.

Meaning of homeliness

Noun

homeliness (countable and uncountable, plural homelinesses)

  1. The property of being homely.
  2. The quality associated with home; domesticity.
    • How many familiar faces, rejoicing in our joy, sorrowing with our sorrow—how many cares, pleasant from habit—sickness, whose suffering gave a tenderer character to love—mirth, the mirth of the cheerful hearth or the daily meal—mirth, like home-made bread, sweeter from its very homeliness—...1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 209–210

Questions about homelyness

What is homelyness the obsolete spelling of?
Homelyness is the obsolete spelling of homeliness.

Words near homelyness in the dictionary

  1. homelings
  2. homelives
  3. homely
  4. homely as a hedge fence
  5. homelyn
  6. homelyness
  7. homelyns
  8. homemade
  9. homemake
  10. homemaker
  11. homemakers

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