Meaning of 'homely' in Xhosa is: mhle

homely: mhle

Adjective:

kuqatshelwe, eziqhelekileyo, isigcini, dumile, olusondeleyo, ubudala, nizenzele, abangazi, elula, alichaphazeleki, ze, asekhaya, umzi, ikhaya, eyamkelekileyo.

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Adjective(1) lacking in physical beauty or proportion(2) having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable(3) plain and unpretentious(4) without artificial refinement or elegance(5) having a feeling of home(6) cozy and comfortable(7) ordinary(8) comfortable(9) unattractive

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(1) It is mostly used for the plainer and more homely cakes such as Victoria sandwich cakes.(2) Nestled among her descriptions of food at posh New York restaurants is a handful of recipes for the simple, homely food that she cooks at home.(3) Not for the first time, I wished I was homely and forgettable.(4) I would a thousand times rather have a homely girl, simply brought up, than a learned lady and a wit who would make a literary circle of my house and install herself as its president.(5) It had a nice, homely atmosphere to it, and seemed friendly and welcoming.(6) u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510I am a homely person who likes to be surrounded by her friends and family members,u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb says the actress.(7) She felt a sense of pride in the homely environment she had created.(8) The other teenage boy, a homely lad with a very unpleasant-looking big nose, looked as if a bomb had just exploded next to him.(9) The whole place had a very homely , cosy feel to it, and I just became accustomed to the rooms being unfinished.(10) The young boy sits in his elder's lap and looks into his face with trust and love despite the man's strikingly homely appearance, marked by a bulbous nose covered with warts and blisters.(11) Donald Legg was a homely man, his nose was too large for his face.(12) People didn't look at you that way if they thought you were plain and homely .(13) The tables are plain pine, giving the whole restaurant a homely , farmhouse-kitchen feel.(14) Eisenhower is seen as homely , modest and more at home as a coalition leader than as a field commander.(15) But even simple home-cooking is something that the French have perfected into an art and the homely meals whipped up by housewives in their kitchens in France are as delicious as they come.(16) His appeal to his listening public as brothers and sisters was an attempt to appear homely , patriotic, and even rather non-political.