¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Homeyness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Homeyness
Literary usage of Homeyness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1914)
"There is a friendliness, a homeyness, a. certain neighborly feeling about the
place that makes it unique. Instead of compelling their guests to wander for ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1906)
"All trace of homeyness had been torn from wall and bureau and couch. Just a few
times they had to speak. Dum had been searching frantically until Dee could ..."
3. Under the Sky in California by Charles Francis Saunders (1913)
"... broad flowing river, made an oasis spot that for "homeyness" and comfort
exceeded our most sanguine hopes. There our driver dumped us out, ..."
4. Arizona, the Wonderland: The History of Its Ancient Cliff and Cave Dwellings by George Wharton James (1917)
"... the atmosphere of the place, the homeyness, the genial characteristics of the
builder and owner, and of Mrs. Robinson, the manager, the congeniality of ..."
5. The Progressive Road to Reading: Story Steps by William Louis Ettinger, Edgar Dubs Shimer (1917)
"... then she went to sleep with a sense of comfort, of " homeyness," such as she
had never before felt since the disappearance of her friends. ..."
6. An American's London by Louise Closser Hale (1920)
"... began once more to enjoy Chelsea, and to feel that I would soon become a
partner in its homeyness. Surely every visitor in time appreciates the sense of ..."
7. The War Romance of the Salvation Army by Evangeline Booth, Grace Livingston Hill (1919)
"Whether the pie or the doughnuts or the homeyness of the place first attracted
him no one knows. He said it was the pie. Something held him there. ..."
Other Resources:
