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Princeton's WordNet

  1. orallyadverb

    (of drugs) through the mouth rather than through injection; by_mouth

    "he was administered the drug orally"

  2. orally, by word of mouthadverb

    by spoken rather than written means

    "these stories were transmitted by word of mouth"

Wiktionary

  1. orallyadverb

    By mouth.

    This medicine is taken orally. Swallowing a pill sure beats getting a shot every day.

  2. orallyadverb

    Spoken as opposed to written.

    I took the make up test orally because my arm is still in a cast.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Orallyadverb

    By mouth; without writing.

    Etymology: from oral.

    Oral tradition were incompetent without written monuments to derive to us the original laws of a kingdom, because they are complex, not orally traducible to so great a distance of ages. Matthew Hale, Comm. Laws of Eng.

ChatGPT

  1. orally

    Orally refers to something that is spoken or expressed by mouth. It also refers to actions such as taking medicine, eating, or drinking through the mouth. It is derived from the Latin word "oralis," which means "of the mouth." Furthermore, in law or formal settings, something that is communicated orally is conveyed through speech rather than in writing.

Editors Contribution

  1. orallyadverb

    Expressed by speaking words.

    She gave her presentation orally and it was received with gratitude by her students.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 14, 2016  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of orally in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of orally in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of orally in a Sentence

  1. Stacie Dusetzina:

    Many of the orally-administered chemotherapies provide little benefit over existing therapies or have no improvements in overall survival.

  2. William Clark:

    This is a drug that can be laced in anything, you can ingest it orally, you can smoke it, you can snort it. That's the concern. We have lots of people across the country who use marijuana recreationally and if you end up with a batch that's got illicit fentanyl in it, the consequences can be disastrous.

  3. Paul Auerbach:

    They have lost muscle mass and may have body chemistry abnormalities. So the medical evaluation and treatment will undoubtedly include rehydration, either intravenously or orally. It's possible that some of them may have suffered infectious diarrhea.

  4. Scott Kennedy:

    The Chinese have said orally through a variety of channels what they truly want to offer will be surprising to the upside, but they have not put any of that on paper, but I don't think The Chinese are going to make the kind of concessions the Trump administration wants.

  5. Andrew Lee:

    One of the interesting areas that we plan to explore in partnership with large companies is actually using our platform technology to include other drugs that previously maybe haven't been suitable for topical or transdermal delivery - or drugs which may have not got through the regulatory filings because, for instance, they might have caused stomach irritation or other side effects when taken orally.

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