homely vs modest

homely

adj
  • Friendly; kind; gracious; cordial. 

  • Personal; private. 

  • Domestic; tame. 

  • On intimate or friendly terms with (someone); familiar; at home (with a person); intimate. 

  • Characteristic of, belonging to, or befitting a home; domestic, cozy. 

  • Lacking in beauty or elegance, plain in appearance, physically unattractive. 

  • Conservative and family-oriented. 

modest

adj
  • Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety. 

  • Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others. 

  • Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble. 

  • Small, moderate in size. 

How often have the words homely and modest occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )