jointly

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
joint/ʤɔɪnt/

▶noun

• 1 a point at which parts are joined.

  ■ Geology a break or fracture in a mass of rock.

  ■ a piece of flexible material forming the hinge of a book cover.

• 2 a structure in a body by which two bones are fitted together.

  ■ a section of a body or limb between connecting places.

  ■ Brit. a large piece of meat.

  ■ the part of a plant stem from which a leaf or branch grows.

  ■ a section of a plant stem between such parts.

• 3 informal an establishment of a specified kind: a burger joint.

  ■ (the joint) N. Amer. prison.

• 4 informal a cannabis cigarette.

• 5 chiefly black slang a film, piece of music, or other creative work.

▶adjective shared, held, or made by two or more people.

■ sharing in an achievement or activity.

■ Law applied or regarded together.

Contrasted with several. ▶verb

• 1 provide or fasten with joints.

  ■ prepare (a board) to be joined to another by planing its edge.

• 2 cut (the body of an animal) into joints.

• 3 point (masonry or brickwork).

– phrases
out of joint (of a joint of the body) dislocated.

■ in a state of disorder.

– derivatives
jointless adjective,
jointly adverb.

– origin ME: from OFr., past part. of joindre (see join).