homonymously

From homonymous +‎ -ly.

homonymously (comparative more homonymously, superlative most homonymously)

1. In a homonymous manner, so as to have the same name or relation.
   • 1874, Thomas Davidson, The grammar of Dionysios Thrax:

     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.

   • 1912, Samuel ibn Tibbon & Joseph Isaac Gorfinkle (translators), (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     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.

   • 2012 April 17, “ESPN Reveals The Curse Of Also Being Named “Michael Jordan””, in Fast Company‎^[1]:

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

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Equivocally; ambiguously.
3. (ophthalmology) In a homonymous way

   see something homonymously