homelier

[EE. UU.]/ˈhəʊmli/
[Reino Unido]/ˈhoʊmli/
Frecuencia: Muy alto

Traducción

adj. simple; de o relacionado con el hogar; poco atractivo.

Frases y colocaciones

homely atmosphere

ambiente acogedor

homely decor

decoración acogedora

warm and homely

acogedor y hogareño

homely cooking

cocina casera

homely feeling

sensación acogedora

simple and homely

sencillo y acogedor

homely environment

ambiente acogedor

Oraciones de ejemplo

a modern hotel with a homely atmosphere.

un hotel moderno con un ambiente hogareño.

quite a homely sort of body

una especie de cuerpo bastante hogareño

Her mother is a homely woman.

Su madre es una mujer hogareña.

because of my country accent, people identified me with a homely farmer's wife.

debido a mi acento de campo, la gente me identificó con la esposa de un granjero hogareña.

Times are changed and we must, to use the homely metaphor, cut our coat according to our cloth.

Los tiempos han cambiado y debemos, para usar la metáfora hogareña, cortar nuestro abrigo según nuestra tela.

She quite forgot Hurstwood's presence at times, and looked away to homely farmhouses and cosey cottages in villages with wondering eyes.

Se olvidó por completo de la presencia de Hurstwood a veces y miraba a las acogedoras granjas y las pintorescas casas de campo en los pueblos con ojos maravillados.

The king, insulted by this homely simile, banishes the youngest daughter and divides his kingdom between the older two, who promptly kick him out on his royal heinie.

El rey, insultado por este sencillo símil, exilia a la hija menor y divide su reino entre los dos mayores, quienes lo expulsan de inmediato de su trasero real.

But their surfaces bear witness to homely labor: Topping the tallest stone, once part of a trilithon, is a tenon—half of a mortise-and-tenon joint borrowed from woodworking.

Pero sus superficies dan fe del trabajo hogareño: En la parte superior de la piedra más alta, que alguna vez formó parte de un trilito, hay un tenón, la mitad de una articulación de mortasa y espiga tomada prestada de la carpintería.

Ejemplos del mundo real

Why do I always get the homely ones?

Fuente: The Vampire Diaries Season 1

Mortified, Fawcett tried to take out the sting by crossing out homely and writing in plain.

Fuente: People Magazine

A more homely approach to military technology is warranted.

Fuente: The Economist (Summary)

As a young girl she was painfully aware of being very homely.

Fuente: New Century College English Comprehensive Course (2nd Edition) Volume 2

I was very disappointed to see her sister; she was a homely girl.

Fuente: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

It is rather homely withal, having nothing in feather, feature, or form to attract notice.

Fuente: American Original Language Arts Volume 5

Sue's place is the perfect homely spot to enjoy a traditional New Year hot pot.

Fuente: BBC documentary "Chinese New Year"

" Aye, and slew his brother, " said a short homely man in a rust-eaten iron halfhelm.

Fuente: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings (Bilingual Edition)

Homely NFL quarterbacks earn less than their comelier counterparts, despite identical yards passed and years in the league.

Fuente: The Economist - Arts

" It wasn't Longspear, then" ? Jon was relieved. He liked Longspear, with his homely face and friendly ways.

Fuente: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice and Rain (Bilingual)

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