MEANING
In a way that returns an action or links effects in both directions.
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Words that belong together
- reciprocally related
- reciprocally reinforce
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Trust and cooperation could reciprocally reinforce one another.
The institutions responded reciprocally without adopting identical procedures.
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Word forms
- Base
- reciprocally
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Invariable adverb; no plural or tense forms. Compare degree only where the particular use naturally permits it. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: qualification, comparison, causation, methodology, interpretation. Disciplines: academic writing, research, argumentation. Commonness: moderately common.
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