MUTUALLY

mutually, reciprocally

(adverb) in a mutual or shared manner; “the agreement was mutually satisfactory”; “the goals of the negotiators were not reciprocally exclusive”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adverb

mutually (comparative more mutually, superlative most mutually)

in the same way, each to the other; reciprocally

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

Synonyms

• (in the same way): equivalently, in kind, reciprocally, similarly

• (in a shared manner): collectively, evenly, equally, together; see also jointly

Source: Wiktionary

Mu"tu*al*ly, adv.

Definition: In a mutual manner.

MUTUAL

Mu"tu*al, a. Etym: [F. mutuel, L. mutuus, orig., exchanged, borrowed, lent; akin to mutare to change. See Mutable.]

1. Reciprocally acting or related; reciprocally receiving and giving; reciprocally given and received; reciprocal; interchanged; as, a mutual love, advantage, assistance, aversion, etc. Conspiracy and mutual promise. Sir T. More. Happy in our mutual help, And mutual love. Milton. A certain shyness on such subjects, which was mutual between the sisters. G. Eliot.

2. Possessed, experienced, or done by two or more persons or things at the same time; common; joint; as, mutual happiness; a mutual effort. Burke. A vast accession of misery and woe from the mutual weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth. Bentley.

Note: This use of mutual as synonymous with common is inconsistent with the idea of interchange, or reciprocal relation, which properly belongs to it; but the word has been so used by many writers of high authority. The present tendency is toward a careful discrimination. Mutual, as Johnson will tell us, means something reciprocal, a giving and taking. How could people have mutual ancestors P. Harrison. Mutual insurance, agreement among a number of persons to insure each other against loss, as by fire, death, or accident.

– Mutual insurance company, one which does a business of insurance on the mutual principle, the policy holders sharing losses and profits pro rata.

Syn.

– Reciprocal; interchanged; common.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition