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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "homely as a hedge fence"
}
],
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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "homly"
},
"expansion": "Middle English homly",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "enm",
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},
"expansion": "hoomly",
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},
{
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"2": "hamely",
"3": "",
"4": "domestic, familiar, plain"
},
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"2": "ang",
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"4": "",
"5": "of the home, domestic"
},
"expansion": "Old English *hāmlīc (“of the home, domestic”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*haimalīk",
"4": "",
"5": "of or characteristic of home"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *haimalīk (“of or characteristic of home”)",
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"2": "home",
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"id2": "adjectival"
},
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"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "hamely",
"3": "",
"4": "familiar, personal, private"
},
"expansion": "Scots hamely (“familiar, personal, private”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "heimelik"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian heimelik",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "heimelijk",
"3": "",
"4": "secret, secretive, clandestine"
},
"expansion": "Dutch heimelijk (“secret, secretive, clandestine”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "heimlich",
"3": "",
"4": "secret, secretive, clandestine, undercover"
},
"expansion": "German heimlich (“secret, secretive, clandestine, undercover”)",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "hemmelig",
"3": "",
"4": "secret"
},
"expansion": "Danish hemmelig (“secret”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "hemlig",
"3": "",
"4": "secret, concealed, privy, covert"
},
"expansion": "Swedish hemlig (“secret, concealed, privy, covert”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "heimligur",
"3": "",
"4": "homelike, homey"
},
"expansion": "Faroese heimligur (“homelike, homey”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "heimlegur",
"3": "",
"4": "homely; worldly"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic heimlegur (“homely; worldly”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English homly, hoomly, hamely (“domestic, familiar, plain”), from Old English *hāmlīc (“of the home, domestic”), from Proto-West Germanic *haimalīk (“of or characteristic of home”), equivalent to home + -ly. Cognate with Scots hamely (“familiar, personal, private”), West Frisian heimelik, Dutch heimelijk (“secret, secretive, clandestine”), German heimlich (“secret, secretive, clandestine, undercover”), Danish hemmelig (“secret”), Swedish hemlig (“secret, concealed, privy, covert”), Faroese heimligur (“homelike, homey”), Icelandic heimlegur (“homely; worldly”).",
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{
"form": "homelier",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "more homely",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "homeliest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "most homely",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
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"2": "more"
},
"expansion": "homely (comparative homelier or more homely, superlative homeliest or most homely)",
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}
],
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"home‧ly"
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
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"categories": [],
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{
"ref": "1946, George Orwell, Politics and the English Language",
"text": "An interesting illustration of this is the way in which the English flower names which were in use till very recently are being ousted by Greek ones, snapdragon becoming antirrhinum, forget-me-not becoming myosotis, etc. It is hard to see any practical reason for this change of fashion: it is probably due to an instinctive turning-away from the more homely word and a vague feeling that the Greek word is scientific.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014 January 5, “Mowgli's Cub”, in The Jungle Book",
"text": "Mowgli: \"Oh, don't worry Chota, it may not be homely, but I can warm it up.\"",
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}
],
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"Characteristic of, belonging to, or befitting a home; domestic, cozy."
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{
"_dis1": "42 10 7 17 6 5 8 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "cozy",
"word": "útulný"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 10 6 2 2 4 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "domašen",
"sense": "characteristic of or belonging to home",
"word": "домашен"
},
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{
"_dis1": "72 3 10 6 2 2 4 2",
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"word": "domácký"
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"_dis1": "72 3 10 6 2 2 4 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "characteristic of or belonging to home",
"word": "heimisch"
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{
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "characteristic of or belonging to home",
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"sense": "characteristic of or belonging to home",
"word": "hogareño"
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"sense": "characteristic of or belonging to home",
"word": "hemtrevlig"
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"_dis1": "72 3 10 6 2 2 4 2",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "characteristic of or belonging to home",
"word": "cartrefol"
}
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"word": "comely"
}
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Canadian English",
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},
{
"_dis": "1 56 5 2 2 17 7 10",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Appearance",
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"Perception",
"Body",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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{
"ref": "1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 6",
"text": "\"I can't send a young, pretty girl, or for that matter even a homely one if you'd have her, on a job like this without telling her what to expect.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1958, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 15, in Lolita",
"text": "You see, she sees herself as a starlet; I see her as a sturdy, healthy but decidedly homely kid.",
"type": "quotation"
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"Lacking in beauty or elegance, plain in appearance, physically unattractive."
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"Canada",
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[
"US",
"American English"
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[
"Lacking",
"lack"
],
[
"beauty",
"beauty"
],
[
"elegance",
"elegance"
],
[
"plain",
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"(Canada, US) Lacking in beauty or elegance, plain in appearance, physically unattractive."
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"ref": "1563, John Foxe, Foxe's Book of Martyrs, Chapter on William Thorpe",
"text": "With all these men I was right homely, and communed with them long and oft.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"On intimate or friendly terms with (someone); familiar; at home (with a person); intimate."
],
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"familiar",
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"at home",
"at home"
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"(UK dialectal) On intimate or friendly terms with (someone); familiar; at home (with a person); intimate."
],
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"UK",
"dialectal"
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"glosses": [
"Domestic; tame."
],
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"Domestic",
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],
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"tame",
"tame"
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"(UK dialectal, of animals) Domestic; tame."
],
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"of animals"
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"Personal; private."
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"private",
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"(UK dialectal) Personal; private."
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"glosses": [
"Friendly; kind; gracious; cordial."
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"(UK dialectal) Friendly; kind; gracious; cordial."
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"_dis1": "1 3 9 10 9 61 4 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "cordial, kind",
"word": "vlídný"
}
]
},
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Indian English",
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"source": "w"
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"text": "I am seeking a beautiful homely girl for marriage.",
"type": "example"
}
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"Conservative and family-oriented."
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"(India) Conservative and family-oriented."
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{
"text": "a homely garment",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "homely fare",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "homely manners",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1731, Alexander Pope, Strephon and Chloe, Lines 211-212",
"roman": "His Chloe in the homeliest strains.",
"text": "Now Strephon daily entertains",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2001, Sydney I. Landau, Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography, Cambridge University Press, page 167",
"text": "There is no simple way to define precisely a complex arrangement of parts, however homely the object may appear to be.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"Simple; plain; familiar; unelaborate; unadorned."
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[
"plain",
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[
"familiar",
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[
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[
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"(archaic) Simple; plain; familiar; unelaborate; unadorned."
],
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"archaic"
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}
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"ipa": "/ˈhəʊmli/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhoʊmli/",
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"US"
]
},
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"rhymes": "-əʊmli"
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"enpr": "hōmʹlē"
}
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
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"word": "hamely"
}
],
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"_dis1": "1 43 3 3 2 8 3 36",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "groznovat",
"sense": "plain, physically unattractive",
"word": "грозноват"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 43 3 3 2 8 3 36",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "plain, physically unattractive",
"word": "prostý"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 43 3 3 2 8 3 36",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "plain, physically unattractive",
"word": "invenustus"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 43 3 3 2 8 3 36",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nevzračnyj",
"sense": "plain, physically unattractive",
"word": "невзрачный"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 43 3 3 2 8 3 36",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "plain, physically unattractive",
"word": "บ้านๆ"
}
],
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}
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"3": "",
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},
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},
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"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "*hāmlīc",
"4": "",
"5": "of the home, domestic"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*haimalīk",
"4": "",
"5": "of or characteristic of home"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
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"1": "en",
"2": "home",
"3": "ly",
"id2": "adjectival"
},
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"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "hamely",
"3": "",
"4": "familiar, personal, private"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "heimelik"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian heimelik",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "heimelijk",
"3": "",
"4": "secret, secretive, clandestine"
},
"expansion": "Dutch heimelijk (“secret, secretive, clandestine”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "heimlich",
"3": "",
"4": "secret, secretive, clandestine, undercover"
},
"expansion": "German heimlich (“secret, secretive, clandestine, undercover”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "hemmelig",
"3": "",
"4": "secret"
},
"expansion": "Danish hemmelig (“secret”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "hemlig",
"3": "",
"4": "secret, concealed, privy, covert"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "heimligur",
"3": "",
"4": "homelike, homey"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "heimlegur",
"3": "",
"4": "homely; worldly"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic heimlegur (“homely; worldly”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "more homely",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "homeliest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "most homely",
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"superlative"
]
}
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}
],
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"categories": [
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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{
"ref": "1946, George Orwell, Politics and the English Language",
"text": "An interesting illustration of this is the way in which the English flower names which were in use till very recently are being ousted by Greek ones, snapdragon becoming antirrhinum, forget-me-not becoming myosotis, etc. It is hard to see any practical reason for this change of fashion: it is probably due to an instinctive turning-away from the more homely word and a vague feeling that the Greek word is scientific.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014 January 5, “Mowgli's Cub”, in The Jungle Book",
"text": "Mowgli: \"Oh, don't worry Chota, it may not be homely, but I can warm it up.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Characteristic of, belonging to, or befitting a home; domestic, cozy."
],
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[
"domestic",
"domestic"
],
[
"cozy",
"cozy"
]
]
},
{
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{
"word": "comely"
}
],
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"American English",
"Canadian English",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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{
"ref": "1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 6",
"text": "\"I can't send a young, pretty girl, or for that matter even a homely one if you'd have her, on a job like this without telling her what to expect.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1958, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 15, in Lolita",
"text": "You see, she sees herself as a starlet; I see her as a sturdy, healthy but decidedly homely kid.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Lacking in beauty or elegance, plain in appearance, physically unattractive."
],
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[
"Canada",
"Canada"
],
[
"US",
"American English"
],
[
"Lacking",
"lack"
],
[
"beauty",
"beauty"
],
[
"elegance",
"elegance"
],
[
"plain",
"plain"
]
],
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],
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"Canada",
"US"
]
},
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"English dialectal terms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
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{
"ref": "1563, John Foxe, Foxe's Book of Martyrs, Chapter on William Thorpe",
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}
],
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],
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[
"familiar",
"familiar"
],
[
"at home",
"at home"
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"intimate",
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],
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"UK",
"dialectal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English dialectal terms"
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"Domestic; tame."
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"UK",
"dialectal"
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"British English",
"English dialectal terms"
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"Personal; private."
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"private",
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"(UK dialectal) Personal; private."
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"dialectal"
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"British English",
"English dialectal terms"
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"(UK dialectal) Friendly; kind; gracious; cordial."
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"UK",
"dialectal"
]
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"Indian English"
],
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"text": "I am seeking a beautiful homely girl for marriage.",
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}
],
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"Conservative and family-oriented."
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"(India) Conservative and family-oriented."
],
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"India"
]
},
{
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"English terms with archaic senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
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"text": "a homely garment",
"type": "example"
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{
"text": "homely fare",
"type": "example"
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{
"text": "homely manners",
"type": "example"
},
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"ref": "1731, Alexander Pope, Strephon and Chloe, Lines 211-212",
"roman": "His Chloe in the homeliest strains.",
"text": "Now Strephon daily entertains",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2001, Sydney I. Landau, Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography, Cambridge University Press, page 167",
"text": "There is no simple way to define precisely a complex arrangement of parts, however homely the object may appear to be.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Simple; plain; familiar; unelaborate; unadorned."
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"simple"
],
[
"plain",
"plain"
],
[
"familiar",
"familiar"
],
[
"unelaborate",
"unelaborate"
],
[
"unadorned",
"unadorned"
]
],
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"(archaic) Simple; plain; familiar; unelaborate; unadorned."
],
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"archaic"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈhəʊmli/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhoʊmli/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊmli"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"enpr": "hōmʹlē"
}
],
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{
"tags": [
"Scotland"
],
"word": "hamely"
}
],
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "cozy",
"word": "útulný"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "groznovat",
"sense": "plain, physically unattractive",
"word": "грозноват"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "plain, physically unattractive",
"word": "prostý"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "plain, physically unattractive",
"word": "invenustus"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nevzračnyj",
"sense": "plain, physically unattractive",
"word": "невзрачный"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "plain, physically unattractive",
"word": "บ้านๆ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "domašen",
"sense": "characteristic of or belonging to home",
"word": "домашен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ujuten",
"sense": "characteristic of or belonging to home",
"word": "уютен"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "characteristic of or belonging to home",
"word": "domácký"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "characteristic of or belonging to home",
"word": "heimisch"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "characteristic of or belonging to home",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "swojski"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "characteristic of or belonging to home",
"word": "hogareño"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "characteristic of or belonging to home",
"word": "hemtrevlig"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "characteristic of or belonging to home",
"word": "cartrefol"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "cordial, kind",
"word": "vlídný"
}
],
"word": "homely"
}
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"Middle English adverbs",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas"
],
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"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "adverb"
},
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"name": "head"
}
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"pos": "adv",
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{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "homly"
}
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"Alternative form of homly"
],
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[
"homly",
"homly#Middle English"
]
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"alternative"
]
}
],
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}
{
"categories": [
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"Middle English adverbs",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas"
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{
"word": "homly"
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],
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}
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}
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