mutually

mu·tu·al  (mych-l)

adj.

1. Having the same relationship each to the other: mutual predators.

2. Directed and received by each toward the other; reciprocal: mutual respect.

3. Possessed in common: mutual interests.

4. Of, relating to, or in the form of mutual insurance.

n.

A mutual fund.

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[French mutuel, from Old French, from Latin mtuus, borrowed; see mei-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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mutu·ali·ty (-l-t) n.

mutu·al·ly adv.

Usage Note: Mutual is used to describe a reciprocal relationship between two or more people or things. Thus their mutual animosity means "their animosity for each other" or "the animosity between them," and a mutual defense treaty is one in which each party agrees to come to the defense of the other. But many people also use mutual to mean "shared in common," as in The bill serves the mutual interests of management and labor. This usage is perhaps most familiar in the expression our mutual friend, which was widespread even before Charles Dickens used it as the title of a novel. While some language critics have objected to this usage because it does not include the notion of reciprocity, it appears in the writing of some of our greatest authors, including Shakespeare, Edmund Burke, George Eliot, and James Joyce, and it continues to be used by well-respected writers today.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

mutually - in a mutual or shared manner; "the agreement was mutually satisfactory"; "the goals of the negotiators were not reciprocally exclusive" reciprocally

Translations

mutually [ˈmjuːtjʊəlɪ] ADV

1. (= reciprocally) → mutuamente
these views are mutually exclusive → estas opiniones se excluyen mutuamente

2. (= for/by both parties involved) we arranged to meet at a mutually convenient time → acordamos vernos a una hora que nos viniera bien a los dos
such a move would be mutually beneficial to the two companies → esta medida resultaría beneficiosa para ambas empresas
we mutually agreed that → decidimos de mutuo or común acuerdo que ...

mutually [ˈmjuːtʃʊəli] adv
mutually exclusive → qui s'excluent l'un(e) l'autre
a mutually convenient time → une heure qui convient aux deux parties
A meeting would take place at a mutually convenient time → Une rencontre aurait lieu à une heure qui conviendrait aux deux parties.
a mutually agreed solution → une solution adoptée d'un commun accord

mutually

adv → beide; (= reciprocally) distrust → gegenseitig; satisfactory, beneficial → für beide Seiten; agreed, rejected → von beiden Seiten; at a mutually convenient time → zu einem für beide Seiten annehmbaren Zeitpunkt; mutually contradictory → einander widersprechend; a gentleman mutually known to us → ein Herr, den wir beide kennen; mutually assured destruction (Mil) → beiderseitige Bereitschaft zum nuklearen Gegenschlag

mutually [ˈmjuːtjʊəlɪ] adv → reciprocamente

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mutually [ˈmjuːtjʊəlɪ] adv → reciprocamente