mutually

English

Etymology

From mutual +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (UK):

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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.

   • 2022, NATO 2022 Strategic Concept‎^[1], 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

Translations

in the same way, each to the other; reciprocally

• 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

• 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)