how to pronounce homely

/ˈhoʊmliː/

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homely is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of homely in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… the homely flea in fact it's so …”

meaning of homely

Homely means unattractive, unattractive in appearance.

homely frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word homely occurs in english on average 1.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics homely can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that homely can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;