Home″li‐ness, n. [From Homely.] 1. Domesticity; care of home. “Wifely homeliness.” Chaucer.
2. Familiarity; intimacy. Chaucer.
3. Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.
4. Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language. Addison.