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