orally

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orally

  • /ˈɔːɹəli/

adverb

  1. not comparable By mouth. This medicine is taken orally. Swallowing a pill sure beats getting a shot every day.
  2. not comparable Spoken as opposed to written. I took the make-up test orally because my arm is still in a cast.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: by mouth, zyprexa, aloud, verbal, verbally, speech, in-person, verbale, vocally, viva-voce, spoken, uttered, voiced, articulated, enunciated, pronounced

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adv by mouth

Españoloralmente
Portuguêsoralmente, bucalmente
Françaisoralement
Deutschoral
Русскийора́льно orálʹno
العربيةفَمَوِيًّا famawiyyan

adv spoken

Españoloralmente, de viva voz
Portuguêsoralmente, verbalmente
Françaisoralement
Deutschmündlich
Русскийу́стно ústno
العربيةشِفَاهِيًا šifāhiyan, شِفَاهًا šifāhan

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@misc{orally_2026,
  title = {orally},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/orally},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}