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homonymously

homonymously adverb: in a homonymous manner, so as to have the same name or relation.

Adverb

homonymously (comparative more homonymously, superlative most homonymously)

  1. In a homonymous manner, so as to have the same name or relation.
    • An Appellative is one that signifies a common substance, as man, horse. An Adjective noun is one that is applied homonymously to proper or appellative nouns, and signifies either praise or blame. It is derived from three sources, from the soul, the body, and external things: from the soul, as sage...1874, Thomas Davidson, The grammar of Dionysios Thrax
    • Although we apply the same term nutrition to all of them indiscriminately, nevertheless, its signification is by no means the same. In the same way, the term sensation is used homonymously[9] for man and beast; not with the idea, however, that the sensation of one species is the same as that of...1912, Samuel ibn Tibbon & Joseph Isaac Gorfinkle (translators), (Please provide the book title or journal name)
  2. In a homonymous way
    • see something homonymously

Examples of homonymously in a sentence

  • An Adjective noun is one that is applied homonymously to proper or appellative nouns, and signifies either praise or blame.1874, Thomas Davidson, The grammar of Dionysios Thrax:
  • In ESPN's new ad, a cloud of disappointment follows a homonymously named man as everyone discovers he's not the greatest basketball player.2012 April 17, “ESPN Reveals The Curse Of Also Being Named “Michael Jordan””, in Fast Company:

Forms of homonymously

comparativemore homonymously
superlativemost homonymously

Origin of homonymously

From homonymous + -ly.

Questions about homonymously

What does homonymously mean?
Homonymously means in a homonymous manner, so as to have the same name or relation.
How do you use homonymously in a sentence?
An Adjective noun is one that is applied homonymously to proper or appellative nouns, and signifies either praise or blame.
What part of speech is homonymously?
Homonymously is an adverb.

Words near homonymously in the dictionary

  1. homonymical
  2. homonymies
  3. homonymity
  4. homonymophobia
  5. homonymous
  6. homonymously
  7. homonymphobia
  8. homonyms
  9. homonymy
  10. homooctamer
  11. homooctameric

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