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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
homeliness
    n 1: having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or
         elegance [syn: dowdiness, drabness, homeliness]
    2: an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; "fine
       clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness" [syn:
       homeliness, plainness]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Homeliness \Home"li*ness\, n. [From Homely.]
   1. Domesticity; care of home. [Obs.] "Wifely homeliness."
      --Chaucer.
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   2. Familiarity; intimacy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   3. Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.
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   4. Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the
      homeliness of manners, or language. --Addison.
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