MUTUALLY Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

mutually

adverb

Definition of mutually

as in reciprocally

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Recent Examples of mutually More recently, Off-White and creative director Ib Kamara mutually parted ways in August. — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026 The singularity and relatedness of a thing are not in conflict but are mutually entwined. — Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 How the system would work The initial phase of contract talks still would have union and county representatives seeking to hammer out a mutually beneficial deal, with a presumption that both sides would negotiate in good faith. — Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 The risk is that Ethiopia’s conflict and Sudan’s war become mutually enabling. — Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026 Adopting intelligent passenger assistance dispatching shows that operational efficiency and empathetic passenger care can be mutually reinforcing. — Justin Newell, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026 The prompt makes the room tense, eager, mutually supportive and quietly competitive. — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026 Last season, head coaches had to mutually agree on a venue or put it to a coin flip. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2026 His life came to illuminate the mutually arising conditions of space and sound, tradition and sedition, the individual and the universal, and even life and death. — Steven D. Reske, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026

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Adverb

Indeed, research on conversational dynamics finds that people who take turns reciprocally disclosing information during initial interactions report significantly greater liking, closeness, and enjoyment.

— Andy Molinsky, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Now, to be clear, Reynolds and Mac do have their own ownership stake in Necaxa (and, reciprocally, the Necaxa ownership group has a small stake in Wrexham).

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025

Definition of reciprocally

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That is still small compared with OpenAI and Anthropic, which have collectively raised more than $300 billion.

— Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
Google DeepMind, drug-discovery company Isomorphic Labs and Meta are collectively investing $300 million in the initiative.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of collectively

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In a rare sign of unity within Kosovo's fractured legislative assembly, lawmakers earlier this week unanimously condemned the war crimes verdicts in a declaration.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
In May, the City Council voted unanimously to place the project on the November ballot.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of unanimously

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The warehouse’s transition was prepared jointly by Columbia Sportswear and GXO with a focus on operational continuity, employee integration and maintaining uninterrupted service for customers, the companies said.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
It is jointly operated by KARI and the company Hanwha Aerospace.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026

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