RECIPROCALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reciprocally mean? 

• RECIPROCALLY (adverb)
  The adverb RECIPROCALLY has 3 senses:

1. (often followed by 'for') in exchange or in reciprocation

2. in a mutual or shared manner

3. in an inverse or contrary manner

  Familiarity information: RECIPROCALLY used as an adverb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECIPROCALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(often followed by 'for') in exchange or in reciprocation

Synonyms:

in return; reciprocally

Context example:

we get many benefits in return for our taxes

Pertainym:

reciprocal (concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a mutual or shared manner

Synonyms:

mutually; reciprocally

Context example:

the goals of the negotiators were not reciprocally exclusive

Pertainym:

reciprocal (concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return)

Sense 3

Meaning:

In an inverse or contrary manner

Synonyms:

inversely; reciprocally

Context example:

wavelength and frequency are, of course, related reciprocally

Pertainym:

reciprocal (concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return)

 Context examples 

Characterized or delimited reciprocally, in a mutual or shared manner.

(Mutually Defined, NCI Thesaurus)

Broad plate of dense myelinated fibers that reciprocally interconnect regions of the cortex in all lobes with corresponding regions of the opposite hemisphere.

(Corpus Callosum, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)