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JOINTLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In conjunction with; combined

Example:

we couldn't pay for the damages with all our salaries put together

Synonyms:

collectively; conjointly; jointly; together with

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

joint (united or combined)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In collaboration or cooperation

Example:

this paper was written jointly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Credits

 Context examples: 

My dear madam, returned Mr. Micawber, perhaps I cannot better express the conclusion at which Mrs. Micawber, your humble servant, and I may add our children, have jointly and severally arrived, than by borrowing the language of an illustrious poet, to reply that our Boat is on the shore, and our Bark is on the sea.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)