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also homy
as in homely
chiefly US
comfortable or familiar like home
a homey restaurant with a warm fireplace a homey atmosphere
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These little luxuries will elevate your home and make for a homey vibe in an instant.
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Vivien Lee, refinery29.com, 13 Jan. 2024
People want their spaces to have a more personalized, nostalgic, and homey vibe.
—Blake Bakkila, Sunset Magazine, 11 June 2024
In the morning, the sky had cleared; the air was wet yet full of warmth, and the streets of downtown Wilmington exuded a palpable, homey Bidenosity, a rough-around-the-edges charm.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 10 June 2024
The entirety of the figure is part of a dynamic patchwork that incorporates furniture, pillows, wallpaper and other accoutrements of a homey interior.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
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Vivien Lee, refinery29.com, 13 Jan. 2024
People want their spaces to have a more personalized, nostalgic, and homey vibe.
—Blake Bakkila, Sunset Magazine, 11 June 2024
In the morning, the sky had cleared; the air was wet yet full of warmth, and the streets of downtown Wilmington exuded a palpable, homey Bidenosity, a rough-around-the-edges charm.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 10 June 2024
The entirety of the figure is part of a dynamic patchwork that incorporates furniture, pillows, wallpaper and other accoutrements of a homey interior.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
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“Homey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homey. Accessed 7 Sep. 2024.
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