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mutually

adverbattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈmjuːtʃʊəli//
  • United Kingdom//-tʃwə-//
  • United Kingdom//-lɪ//
  • United States//ˈmjut͡ʃuəli//

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

adverb

  1. 1

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

    The contract was mutually binding.

    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.

    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. 2

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

    The adventure was mutually beneficial.

Etymology

Etymology tree English mutual Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English mutually From mutual + -ly.

Forms

comparative
more mutually
superlative
most mutually
The neighbouring pagesAlphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.

Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).