reciprocally
Americanadverb
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by or from one to the other; in a way that involves equal exchange between two people or groups; mutually.
A “Service Engagement” is any endeavor that brings the community into the campus and the campus into the community, reciprocally, often to address a social concern.
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in return.
As valuable information about you is gathered, you will be able to see who is doing the gathering, and can reciprocally gather your own information about the gatherers.
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Grammar. so as to express mutual action or relationship.
In Spanish, some reflexive verbs can be used reciprocally, so “Nosotras nos vemos,” “we see ourselves,” can also mean “we see each other.”
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in an opposite or inverse relation or proportion.
In motion, space and time are reciprocally related, as expressed in the equation of motion, v = s/t.
Other Word Forms
- nonreciprocally adverb
- unreciprocally adverb
Etymology
Origin of reciprocally
First recorded in 1550–60; reciprocal ( def. ) + -ly
Example Sentences
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The AK group was not only more social than the other two, but they also exchanged grooming more reciprocally.
From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2023
“Five imprisoned citizens who were in Iran will be given to the U.S. side reciprocally, based on their will. We expect these two issues fully take place based on the agreement.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023
"Vision is remarkable because it's a process that reciprocally shapes what the world looks like," explains Adriana Briscoe, an evolutionary biology professor at University of California, Irvine who specializes in butterfly vision.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2023
Phosphorus is also reciprocally exchanged between phosphate dissolved in the ocean and marine ecosystems.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
It was highly likely that the serpent of sin that nosed about the chambers of my heart was lashed to hunger by hymns as well as dreams, each reciprocally feeding the other.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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