homelike

as in homely

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Recent Examples of homelike But the intended fix, local homelike centers, hasn't filled the void. CBS News, 28 Apr. 2025 Lutheran Home was founded in 1892 by a Lutheran pastor who wanted to create a homelike setting for older adults. Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025 Our space is down to earth, cozy, homelike and comfortable. Caroline Tell, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021 The banners hang in the pod common area, which Ms. Tong has made more homelike with huge, plastic rocking chairs, live plants, and a miniature fish tank with blue and red betta fish. Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2021 Centennial’s residents live in the sort of faux-homelike institutional care that is common for middle-class people who are neither rich nor poor. Joyce Sáenz Harris, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2020 Michaela Fissel, executive director of Advocacy Unlimited, said hospitals could make the settings more homelike and comfortable by adding yoga or music and letting patients wear their own clothes instead of a paper garment. Chris Ehrmann, courant.com, 1 Oct. 2019 Pearlview is a post-hospital rehabilitation and skilled nursing care facility that offers post-acute recovery programs in a homelike atmosphere. Brian Lisik/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 10 Apr. 2018 These are homelike environments with private rooms, restful gathering places for family members and the 24/7 support of Hospice of Cincinnati staff. Hospice Cincinnati, Cincinnati.com, 19 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homelike
Adjective
  • Ford’s shrewd boss, Robert McNamara, was ready to kill the nameplate altogether, facing another homely redesign approved for 1961.
    Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Here too, a bench with drawers (like the one seen here from Reform) provides a practical and homely solution.
    Katharina Schwarze, Architectural Digest, 7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • But Tesoro Mexican, a very homey little breakfast and lunch restaurant known for chilaquiles, is crowded daily and has up to an hour’s waiting time on weekends.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2025
  • The menus are reassuringly written only in French, and the homey, low-key cooking is treated as an art form.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 28 Dec. 2024

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“Homelike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homelike. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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