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Webster 1913 Edition


Orally

O′ral-ly

,
adv.
1.
In an oral manner.
Tillotson.
2.
By, with, or in, the mouth;
as, to receive the sacrament
orally
.
[Obs.]
Usher.

Webster 1828 Edition


Orally

O'RALLY

,
adv.
By mouth; in words, without writing; as traditions derived orally from ancestors.

Definition 2024


orally

orally

English

Adverb

orally (comparative more orally, superlative most orally)

  1. By mouth.
    This medicine is taken orally. Swallowing a pill sure beats getting a shot every day.
  2. Spoken as opposed to written.
    I took the make up test orally because my arm is still in a cast.

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