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What is the adjective for homonymy?

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homonymous
  1. having the same name as another
  2. of or pertaining to a homonym
  3. Examples:
    1. “A word like walk is polysemous, while a word like bank is homonymous between at least bank for money and bank of a river.”
      “However, the evidence revealed that two tests for road safety had been developed for people with homonymous hemianopia.”
      “Besides clocks, giving umbrellas is taboo because doing so is homonymous with a phrase that means the person's family will be dispersed.”
homonymic
  1. Having the same form (orthographic/phonetic) but unrelated meaning.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The author may choose to use a specific word because it is polysemic or homonymic.”
      “These data were validated manually to detect erroneous homonymic counts1 and to determine the authors' affiliations.”
      “As though in thrall to the homonymic force of his last name, Knott seemed to thrive on self-denial.”
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