Of plain features; not handsome; as a homely face. It expresses less than ugly. Let time, which makes you homely, make you wise.

Plain, like that which is made for common domestic use; rude; coarse; not fine or elegant; as a homely garment; a homely house; homely are. Now Strephon daily entertains) . His Chloe in the homeliest strains.

Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as homely dressed.