Adjective, : a homey little inn. From Dictionary.com.
The quality of "hominess" is greatly increased in an article of furniture by a frank look or "home-made" appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife] Reference
In fact, it had a comfortable hominess, like a study or den. From Wordnik.com. [Mistborn] Reference
It sits by the fireplace and gives the room an air of real hominess. From Wordnik.com. [The House in Good Taste] Reference
Tongling, in turn, made us long wistfully for the cheerful, familiar hominess of Nanjing. From Wordnik.com. [Last Chance to See]
She knew a moment of anger as her eyes took in Kyle's clutter overlaying the familiar hominess of these quarters. From Wordnik.com. [Ship Of Magic]
William Wyler's propaganda-laden wartime drama abounds in the kind of defiant hominess Fellowes has down to a fine art. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs Miniver shares Downton Abbey's Julian Fellowes feeling] Reference
It couldn't have been in greater contrast to the contrived hominess of the casino if they'd thought about it for a year. From Wordnik.com. [Vigorish] Reference
But when you page through it, you'll find the dishes have a wonderful warmth and hominess that belies their sterling pedigree. From Wordnik.com. [Melissa Biggs Bradley: Park Avenue Princesses Prove They're More in Sync with the Times than the Real Housewives] Reference
I wonder what items other people have found or not been able to find that really affect their sense of well being and hominess. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Pepper] Reference
But his impression was strong that the Bauble was so totally lacking in hominess that no ego-field could possibly find it livable. From Wordnik.com. [Misinformation]
If we really wish to make our houses look as if they were built for permanency we should consider everything that makes for beauty and harmony and hominess. From Wordnik.com. [The House in Good Taste] Reference
With just the assistance of a knife, some butter and breadcrumbs, you have a side dish that's not only very pretty in all its hominess, but also super tasty. From Wordnik.com. [Kalle Bergman: Swedish Hasselback Potatoes: The Comeback] Reference
The spotless grass mats, the flowers that bloomed on the wide-silled, latticed windows gave the room an air of cheerful hominess and comfort that was very pleasant. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Or, A Cave and What It Contained] Reference
Meanwhile, in the "Craft Yourself Homely" chapter, she warns of the soullessness found in some of today's modern "homes" before explaining the joys of hominess and nosalgia. From Wordnik.com. [Greg Archer: Amy Sedaris Embraces Her Inner Crafter in New Book: (VIDEO)] Reference
But I missed the hominess of our little agritourism apartment, and I would not hesitate to recommend a farm stay to anyone wanting to touch feet to earth and direct eyes to sky. From Wordnik.com. [Judie Fein: From Five Star to Farm: How About a Little Agritourism?] Reference
And, an oriental carpet would add a nice pattern and hominess to everything. From Wordnik.com. [Apartment Therapy Main] Reference
Oh, the hominess of a new-laid Ingrain carpet, with lots of fresh straw under it!. From Wordnik.com. [Ptomaine Street] Reference
A clock ticking on the mantelpiece added to the cheerfulness and hominess of the house. From Wordnik.com. [The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama] Reference
In the midst of all the dirt and squalor there was one touch of dainty hominess and comfort. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall] Reference
Maybe it's the gritty brand of Mission Street down-hominess - flyer-posting anarchopunks. From Wordnik.com. [SF Weekly | Complete Issue] Reference
This low-key lounge has no overt Spanish theme, but it nails the spacious hominess the name implies. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Unfortunately, Mahurin's aesthetic doesn't quite capture the hominess and local color that have obviously made. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily] Reference
But with the sextet, he reached back still further, to the old-folks-at-hominess of 19th-century parlor songs. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
O Robert, I have such a sense of rest, quiet, comfort, and hominess that I just want to sit still and enjoy it all. From Wordnik.com. [Driven Back to Eden] Reference
Why, in the right hands, all those faddy things melt into one big bundle of hominess, and you feel as if you'd always had. From Wordnik.com. [Patty and Azalea] Reference
She would care for him with creature comforts too for Gerty was womanly wise and knew that a mere man liked that feeling of hominess. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
Out from the doorway came hominess and that air of security and peace which had seemed to characterize the house when viewed from outside. From Wordnik.com. [Fire-Tongue] Reference
Down-hominess always does, even if its in honor of a deviant act as such mentioned). From Wordnik.com. [Brian Keene] Reference
Joe Biden has a real aw shucks kind of hominess. From Wordnik.com. [Sarah Palin On Bush Doctrine: Homina, Homina, Homina] Reference
4) You can make prefabs, and even industrial looking designs, while retaining the sense of warmth and coziness and hominess and privacy. From Wordnik.com. [PREFAB FRIDAY: Lovetann Unveils Two New Homes | Inhabitat] Reference
A warm hominess. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Sorrow] Reference
For added hominess. From Wordnik.com. [twelve22] Reference
"hominess.". From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4] Reference
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