jointly

jointly

English

Etymology

    From joint + -ly.

    Pronunciation

    • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔɪntli/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Adverb

    jointly (not comparable)

    1. Together, acting as one; collectively.
      They jointly raised the child, even though they were no longer married.
      • 1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 750:
        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.
      • 2017 April 18, “DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FACT SHEET ON MS-13”, in United States Department of Justice[1], page 2:
        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.

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