homelike
Having the comfortable characteristics of a homeHaving the comfortable characteristics of a home.
» In her latest works she lets the uncanny swing like a grotesque pendulum from the humorous into homelike cosiness and back again.
In ihren neuen Arbeiten lässt sie das Unheimliche wie ein groteskes Pendel vom Humorvollen ins Heimelige und zurück schwingen.
Meaning
1 sensesHaving the comfortable characteristics of a home.
having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable
Examples
1 sentencesIn her latest works she lets the uncanny swing like a grotesque pendulum from the humorous into homelike cosiness and back again.
deIn ihren neuen Arbeiten lässt sie das Unheimliche wie ein groteskes Pendel vom Humorvollen ins Heimelige und zurück schwingen.
Origin
From home + -like. Compare Swedish hemlik (“homelike”).From home + -like. Compare Swedish hemlik (“homelike”).
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Forms
more homelike, most homelike| Comparative | more homelike Lesson |
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| Superlative | most homelike Lesson |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form