jointly

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Canada, US/ˈd͡ʒɔɪntli/

adverb

Together, acting as one; collectively.

“They jointly raised the child, even though they were no longer married.”

CommonScrabble 17

Meanings

adverbjointly (not comparable)
  1. not comparableTogether, acting as one; collectively.

    They jointly raised the child, even though they were no longer married.

    2 more examples

    Interlaken East station is jointly owned with the standard gauge Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Railway from Bern and Thun and the Swiss Federal Railways metre-gauge Brünig line from Lucerne, but is managed and staffed by the Bernese Oberland group.

    1960 December 28, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 750

    As a result of that Ministerial, the four Attorneys General – of the United States, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras – have jointly pledged to target MS-13.

    2017 April 18, “DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FACT SHEET ON MS-13”, in United States Department of Justice, page 2

    Synonyms: collectively, en masse, mutually, aggregately, collaboratively, conjointly, generally, together

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

adverbin conjunction with; combined

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishjoint
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishjointly

From joint + -ly.

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Translations

Bulgarian заедно, съвместно
  • заедно (zaedno)together
  • съвместно (săvmestno)together
Catalan conjuntament
  • conjuntamenttogether
Dutch gezamenlijk
  • gezamenlijktogether
Finnish yhteisesti, yhdessä
  • yhteisestitogether
  • yhdessätogether
French conjointement
  • conjointementtogether
German gemeinsam
  • gemeinsamtogether
Italian congiuntamente
  • congiuntamentetogether
Latin ūniter
  • ūnitertogether
Polish wspólnie, razem
  • wspólnietogether
  • razemtogether
Portuguese conjuntamente
  • conjuntamentetogether
Romanian împreună
  • împreunătogether
Russian совме́стно, сообща́
  • совме́стно (sovméstno)together
  • сообща́ (soobščá)together
  • вме́сте (vméste)together
Scottish Gaelic cuideachd
  • cuideachdtogether
Spanish juntamente, al alimón
  • juntamentetogether
  • al alimóntogether
Cite this entry
APA

jointly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jointly

MLA

“jointly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jointly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jointly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jointly.

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