mutually

English

Etymology

From mutual +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmjut͡ʃuəli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmjuːtʃʊəli/, /-tʃwə-/, /-lɪ/

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• Hyphenation: mu‧tu‧al‧ly

Adverb

mutually (comparative more mutually, superlative most mutually)

1. In the same way, each to the other; reciprocally.

   The contract was mutually binding.

   • 2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 22 March 2022:

     Each written word when spoken is mutually incomprehensible between a Mandarin speaker in Beijing and a Cantonese speaker in Hong Kong. If you think that’s odd, consider our number system: the symbol “9” is universally recognized but it’s pronounced “nine” in English and “devet” in Slovenian.

   • 2022, NATO 2022 Strategic Concept‎, NATO, archived from the original on 29 June 2022, page 5:

     The deepening strategic partnership between the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation and their mutually reinforcing attempts to undercut the rules-based international order run counter to our values and interests.

2. In a shared manner; equally; affecting all parties the same way.

   The adventure was mutually beneficial.

Synonyms

• (in the same way): equivalently, in kind, reciprocally, similarly
• (in a shared manner): collectively, evenly, equally, together; see also Thesaurus:jointly

Derived terms

• mutually assured destruction
• mutually exclusive
• mutually intelligible
• nonmutually

Translations

in the same way, each to the other; reciprocally

Armenian: երկուստեք (hy) (erkustekʻ), փոխադարձ (hy) (pʻoxadarj) Belarusian: узае́мна (uzajémna) Bulgarian: взаи́мно (bg) (vzaímno) Catalan: mútuament (ca), mutualment Chinese: Mandarin: 互相 (zh) (hùxiāng), 相互 (zh) (xiānghù) Czech: vzájemně (cs) Dutch: wederzijds (nl) Esperanto: reciproke, ambaŭflanke Finnish: molemminpuolisesti, vastavuoroisesti (fi), toisiaan (fi) French: mutuellement (fr) Georgian: ორმხრივად (ormxrivad) German: gegenseitig (de) Hungarian: kölcsönösen (hu) Icelandic: gagnkvæmt Italian: vicendevolmente (it) Japanese: 互いに (ja) (たがいに, tagai ni) Korean: 서로 (ko) (seoro) Latin: mutuē Latvian: savstarpēji Livonian: vastõpēḑõn Macedonian: меѓусебно (meǵusebno) Mari: Eastern Mari: ваш (vaš) Middle English: togidere Norwegian: Bokmål: gjensidig (no) Polish: wzajemnie (pl) Portuguese: mutuamente (pt) Romanian: (în mod) mutual Russian: взаи́мно (ru) (vzaímno), обою́дно (ru) (obojúdno) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: у̏заја̄мно Roman: ȕzajāmno (sh) Slovak: navzájom, vzájomne Slovene: vzajemno Spanish: mutuamente (es) Swedish: ömsesidigt (sv) Ukrainian: взає́мно (vzajémno), обопі́льно (obopílʹno) (rare)

in a shared manner; equally; affecting all parties the same way

Armenian: երկուստեք (hy) (erkustekʻ), փոխադարձ (hy) (pʻoxadarj) Dutch: wederzijds (nl), onderling (nl) Esperanto: reciproke, ambaŭflanke Finnish: molemminpuolisesti Italian: vicendevolmente (it) Norwegian: Bokmål: gjensidig (no) Polish: wspólnie (pl) Russian: взаи́мно (ru) (vzaímno), обою́дно (ru) (obojúdno)