Meaning of homonymously | Babel Free

Definitions

1. In a homonymous manner, so as to have the same name or relation.
2. Equivocally; ambiguously.
3. In a homonymous way

Examples

“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, licentious; from the body, as swift, slow; from external things, as rich, poor.”

“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 another, for each species has its own characteristic soul distinct from every other, with the result that there necessarily arises from each soul activities peculiar to itself.”

“In ESPN's new ad, a cloud of disappointment follows a homonymously named man as everyone discovers he's not the greatest basketball player.”

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