Home"li*ness, n. [From Homely.]
1.
Domesticity; care of home.
[Obs.] "Wifely
homeliness."
Chaucer.
2.
Familiarity; intimacy.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
3.
Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.
4.
Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language.
Addison.
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