different between eachother vs mutually

English

Etymology

From Middle English ech other, yche othere, ich othir, eche other, ilk oþer, from Old English ?l? ?þer (“each other”), equivalent to each +? other. More at each other.

Pronoun

eachother

1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of each other
   • 1826, G. H. C. Egestorff (translator), Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (author), Klopstock's Messiah (Der Messias), canto XIV, lines 94–6, page 427:

     The pilgrims to the heavenly Salem, who / By nature for eachother were design’d, / In this life oft are near, yet do not meet.

   • 1921 April, Charles Johnston, "Tao-Teh-King: An Interpretation of Lao Tse's Book of the Way and of Righteousness", part I (of VIII), in The Theosophical Quarterly, volume XVIII, The Theosophical Society, page 347:

     Lao Tse is seeking to make clear the relation of the unmanifested and the manifested Logos to eachother, as poles of the same Being.

   • 2006, Karunkar Nair, Pebbles in the Sand, Lulu.com, ?ISBN, page 44:

     Our last night together! […] How are we going to cope with the absence of eachother?

English

Etymology

mutual +? -ly

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mjut?u?li/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mju?t???li/, /-t?w?-/, /-l?/
• Hyphenation: mu?tu?al?ly

Adverb

mutually (comparative more mutually, superlative most mutually)

1. in the same way, each to the other; reciprocally

   The contract was mutually binding.

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

   The adventure was mutually beneficial.

Synonyms

• (in the same way): equivalently, in kind, reciprocally, similarly
• (in a shared manner): collectively, evenly, equally, together; see also Thesaurus:jointly

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