MUTUAL
adjective. 1 (of feelings, actions, etc.) Experienced or done by each of two or more parties to or towards the other(s) (mutual affection). 2 colloq. Common to two or more persons (a mutual friend). 3 having the same (specified) relationship to each other (mutual well-wishers). ? mutuality none. Mutually adverb. [latin mutuus borrowed] usage the use of mutual in sense 2, although often found, is considered incorrect by some people, for whom common is preferable.