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homelike
[ hohm-lahyk ]
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- homelikeness noun
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The Happy Home Care for Elderly, a state-licensed residential care facility, touts its “homelike environment” and “well-trained staff to look after your loved ones,” according to its website.
Some seek to expand funding or services, including for chaplains, mental health treatment, training and pay; and programs that allow juveniles in hardened facilities transition to homelike settings for good behavior.
Davis said the state envisioned small, homelike facilities staffed by highly qualified physicians, nurses and teachers.
He was tired of wandering about alone, and Amy’s familiar presence seemed to give a homelike charm to the foreign scenes in which she bore a part.
The agreement lays out a four-year plan to reduce the use of force against juveniles, to create a more homelike setting and to boost educational and mental health services.
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More About Homelike
What does homelike mean?
Homelike is used to describe places that feel like a home, especially one’s own home.
In many cases, it means the same thing as homey, which is used to describe a place as cozy, comfortable, and inviting.
A person might try to make their place (or a particular room in it) more homelike, typically by decorating it in a way that makes it cozier or more comfortable. Homelike can also be used to describe a place that’s not a home but that’s comfortable and inviting like your own home, such as a hotel room.
Example: The new fireplace makes the living room feel so homelike.
Where does homelike come from?
The first records of the word homelike come from the 1600s. The suffix -like is used to form adjectives. Homelike means “like a home,” but it especially means “like one’s own home.”
Everyone has a different idea of what makes a place homelike, and people have different ways of making their space homelike. This often involves adding things to make a space cozier, such as rugs, curtains, candles, artwork, and plants. However, a space can be made more homelike in other ways, such as by the presence of a loved one.
Homelike should not be confused with homely, which is most commonly used as a way to describe someone as unattractive.
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How is homelike used in real life?
Homelike is not that commonly used—it’s much more common to describe a space as homey. Both terms can be used to describe one’s own home, a room in it, or a space that feels as cozy or inviting as one’s own home.
My little flat is feeling much more homelike now that I’ve added a few things. Thanks @10streetsmarket @bestfriendvegas @choochoojoey
— Shaner is tired of waiting (@Shanerz) September 22, 2019
Smaller, more-homelike care facilities in the “Green House” model have often been dismissed as impractical. However, residents are five times as likely to be coronavirus-free as those who live in typical nursing homes. https://t.co/l1DlnegRXc
— The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) November 4, 2020
My ma made my apartment feel more homelike in ten minutes than I did in two months
— izeah garcia (@isayugh) July 13, 2016
Try using homelike!
Which of the following words would be used to describe a space that’s considered homelike?
A. comfortable
B. inviting
C. warm
D. all of the above
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