mutuallyadv.
/ˈmjuːtʃʊəli/, /ˈmjuːtʃᵿli/, /ˈmjuːtʃl̩i/, /ˈmjuːtjʊəli/, /ˈmjuːtjᵿli/, U.S. /ˈmjutʃ(əw)əli/ 1.
a. In a mutual relation; so as to reciprocate the same or an equivalent action, feeling, or effect; reciprocally.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [adverb] > mutually or reciprocally
againOE
togethersc1175
togethera1375
againwarda1382
changinglya1425
interchangeable1465
interchangeablyc1480
mutually1531
reciprocally?1555
reciproquely1558
intermutually1601
reportingly1611
alternatively1667
mutuously1683
reciprocously1683
interdependently1884
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xvii. sig. Hvijv There be diuers maners of wrastlinges, but the beste..is: whan layeng mutually their handes one ouer a nothers necke, with the other hande they holde faste eche other by the arme, and [etc.].
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 211v The honest opinion yt the subiectes haue of their kyng and the hertie good wille of the prince mutually toward his subiectes.
?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Three Bks. Eng. Hist. (1844) xxiii. 8 They marched forward, and drawing their blades mutually [L. nudatisque utrinque gladiis], ranne together with great cryes.
a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. C3 As are the elements, such are the spheares, Mutually folded in each others orbe.
1613 Fraserburgh Kirk Session 31 Mar. Agnes Murray..and Mariorie Rob dochter in law mutuallie complaining athir vpon the vther.
1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. ii. 24 But the act of two, or more, mutually conveighing their Rights, is call'd a Contract.
1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses 27 We mutually promote each other in the advantages of virtue.
1751 J. Harris Hermes i. xi. 208 And thus is it that Interrogatives and Relatives mutually pass into each other.
1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry III. 4 These again are said to be mutually the same with each other.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. iv. 66 We mutually embraced.
1933 S. W. Cole Pract. Physiol. Chem. (ed. 9) ii. 53 The stability of suspensoids is mainly due to the fact that the particles carry an electric charge. For this reason they mutually repel one another.
1972 R. R. K. Hartmann & F. C. Stork Dict. Lang. & Linguistics 21/2 If two sounds influence each other mutually the term reciprocal assimilation..is used.
b. Modifying an adjective, in later use often forming compounds used attributively, as mutually beneficial, mutually exclusive, etc.
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1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature II. iii. 296 For in that case, both the passions..become mutually destructive.
1793 tr. A. R. J. Turgot Refl. Formation & Distrib. Wealth §73. 82 A loan of money is a reciprocal contract..entered into only by reason of its being mutually advantageous.
1874 W. Wallace tr. G. W. F. Hegel Logic ii. 30 Sense..is individual, and as the individual..is also a member of a series, sensible existence presents a number of mutually exclusive units.
1908 A. Bennett Jrnl. 5 Jan. (1932) I. 274 Every day's experience shows the folly of mutually-exclusive generalisations concerning two countries.
1969 D. C. Hague Managerial Econ. vii. 141 To be drawn up correctly, our list of probabilities must be such that if any one event occurs, this automatically rules out the possibility that any other event in the same list could also occur. The events will then be mutually exclusive.
1989 Oxf. Today 1 1 The mutually beneficial relationship between science and industry which is marked by the creation of a new University company, Isis Innovations.
c. mutually assured destruction n. = mutual assured destruction n. at mutual adj. and n. Compounds 2.
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society > armed hostility > war > war as profession or skill > [noun] > strategy > specific
forward defence1960
mutual assured destruction1968
MAD1969
mutually assured destruction1969
exit strategy1973
dual key1979
Star Wars1983
S.D.I.1984
1969 Summer Cougar (Univ. of Houston) 10 July 2/2 Whether either or both sides deploys a thin or thick ABM will not significantly alter the present standoff of mutually assured destruction (MAD) and mutually assured vulnerability (especially of populations).
1984 G. H. Clarfield & W. M. Wiecek Nucl. Amer. ix. 259 McNamara called the first element of the new strategy ‘mutually assured destruction’ (MAD) and defined it as ‘the capability to destroy the aggressor as a viable society’.
2000 New Yorker 15 May 96/1 Many on the American right were conned into agreeing..that mutually assured destruction, the foundation stone of deterrence, was immoral.
2. By or in mutual agreement; on or by both sides equally; jointly, cooperatively; in common.
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society > society and the community > social relations > co-operation > [adverb]
mutually1531
shoulder to shouldera1586
in the (or a) quilla1616
in consort1634
concurrently1648
in harness1873
collectively1902
collaboratively1971
in tandem1974
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. xiv. sig. Xiij So flatery from frendship is hardely seuered: for as moche as in euery motion and affecte of the minde, they be mutually mengled to gether.
1597 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1842) II. lx Friends mutuallie and equallie chosin.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 98 Pinch him (Fairies) mutually: Pinch him for his villanie. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iii. 29 Duke. So then it seemes your most offence full act Was mutually committed. Jul. Mutually. View more context for this quotation
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler xi. 197 They mutually labour to cover it with the same sand. View more context for this quotation
1735 G. Lyttelton Lett. from Persian xliv. 141 I wou'd restore her back again to him untouch'd; or in Case they shou'd mutually desire it, carry her with me to my Seraglio in the East.
1784 J. Potter Virtuous Villagers I. 35 You have my free consent to marry, if you and she mutually wish it.
1786 A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions II. 157 The loss we mutually sustained in the early death of our parents.
1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. xxiii. 299 Between Elizabeth and Charlotte there was a restraint which kept them mutually silent on the subject.
a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) II. 187 The prisoners then began to walk within their room, at the same pace with that of their watchmen: the sound of their feet being mutually heard.
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxv. 49 He decided to hold aloof from occupations in which they would be mutually engaged.
1916 E. R. Burroughs Beasts of Tarzan xx. 313 They had mutually decided that it would be safer for all concerned were they to pitch their camp ashore.
1989 M. H. Kingston Tripmaster Monkey (1990) i. 22 She and they were mutually delighting in something.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adverb] > in return
mutually1602
1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor iv. vi. 10 Tis not vnknown to you, The feruent loue I beare to young Anne Page, And mutally her loue againe to mee.
1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 247 This Account..establishes and is mutually establish'd by the Testimony of Suidas.
1718 I. Newton Opticks (ed. 2) iii. i. 345 Pellucid Substances act upon the Rays of Light at a distance..and the Rays mutually agitate the Parts of those Substances at a distance.
1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 366 I was far from coming to Insult him, but at best I came to Condole mutually.
1863 A. Trollope Rachel Ray II. ii. 37 Mrs. Cornbury had got up to go, but the indignant, injured Tappitts resolved mutually..that she should be answered.
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c1628 in M. Wood Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1936) VII. 288 The regents conveynis in the regents chalmer..thair to schew mutuallie quhat thai have sein amis amongst the scolleris.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 460 The Gouernours interrogation and my Confession being mutually subscribed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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