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homelike

[ hohm-lahyk ]

/ ˈhoʊmˌlaɪk /

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adjective

like or suggestive of home; familiar; warmly comfortable.

Origin of homelike

First recorded in 1810–20; home + -like

synonym study for homelike

See homely.

OTHER WORDS FROM homelike

home·like·ness, noun

Words nearby homelike

homegrown, homeland, homeland security, homelands movement, homeless, homelike, homely, homemade, homemaker, homemaking, homeo-

Example sentences from the Web for homelike

Altogether, it was a nice scrambling, homelike expedition, if I had not come back with such a bad headache.

Up the Country |Emily Eden
All the setting was small and homelike and simple, like the village itself and the cur.

Our Part in the Great War |Arthur Gleason
How sheltered, homelike and protected everything looked inside.

Over Prairie Trails |Frederick Philip Grove
The straggling grass stretch was now a rolling, green-hedged lawn, quartered by homelike brick paths.

Margarita's Soul |Ingraham Lovell

The walls of the homelike interior vanish, and in their stead dim reaches of the forest-clad mountains suggest themselves.

The Helpers |Francis Lynde