Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reciprocally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: re-cip-ro-cal-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a reciprocal manner; by way of returning (e.g. a favour, insult, etc).

Example Sentences

"In the process of production, human beings work not only upon nature, but also upon one another. They produce only by working together in a specified manner and reciprocally exchanging their activities."
"When younger brother calls [his elder brother's wife] his "co-wife" and reciprocally, when she calls him co-husband," rights in sexuality are being satirized."
"Responding to this in confusion, perhaps you construct an Idea, a structure, a multiplicity, a system of multiple, nonlocalisable ideal connections which is then incarnated. It is incarnated in real (not ideal) relations and actual (physical) terms, each of which exists in relation to each other, reciprocally determining each other."

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin reciprocusder. English reciprocal Middle English -ly English -ly English reciprocally From reciprocal + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more reciprocally (comparative) most reciprocally (superlative)

Synonyms

gainwise in kind mutually reciprocally inversely in return

Antonyms

irreciprocally

Questions

What does reciprocally mean?: In a reciprocal manner; by way of returning (e.g. a favour, insult, etc).
Where does reciprocally come from?: Etymology tree Latin reciprocusder. English reciprocal Middle English -ly English -ly English reciprocally From reciprocal + -ly.

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