Homely

(adj.) lacking in physical beauty or proportion; 'a homely child'; 'several of the buildings were downright homely'; 'a plain girl with a freckled face' .

(adj.) without artificial refinement or elegance; 'plain homely furniture'; 'homely manners' .

(adj.) plain and unpretentious; 'homely truths'; 'letters to his son full of homely advice'; 'homely fare' .

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• But enter this my homely roof, and see Our woods not void of hospitality. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Something more solid and homely she would have considered beaucoup plus convenable. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Nowhere was there evidence of a man tilling the fields or performing any of the homely duties of the village. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• It might be myself, or it might be my homely mourning habit, that elicited this mark of contempt; more likely, both. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• This was my homely thought, as I contemplated the box-tree. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The homely little house stood there, its panels and brasses shining in the firelight, as if magically created to receive them. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• It was a homely little room, with a low ceiling and a gaping fireplace, after the fashion of old country-houses. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• With this homely weapon, if any one man tried to stop me I was a match for him. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Enjoyment plays the cook to their homely fare, and mingles intoxication with their simple drink. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• She placed her hand to her forehead and breathed heavily; and then her rich, romantic lips parted under that homely impulse--a yawn. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• And if the people were homely, the government was intelligent and alert. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In our homely English phrase, Count Fosco, won't they keep? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• They were like nearly all the Frenchwomen I ever saw --homely. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Its splendour was in such contrast to his homely ways and simple life that I could not help commenting upon it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Let us be honest, and cut, as heretofore, from the homely web of truth. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

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