Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Toward or in the mouth or oral region.
- In an oral manner; by word of mouth; in words, without writing; vocally; verbally: as, traditions derived orally from ancestors.
- By means of the mouth; through, in, or into the mouth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an oral manner.
- adverb obsolete By, with, or in, the mouth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb By mouth.
- adverb Spoken as opposed to written.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb by spoken rather than written means
- adverb (of drugs) through the mouth rather than through injection; by_mouth
Etymologies
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Examples
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Experienced teachers are well aware that many learners will spell a word orally with accuracy, who, if they had been made to write it, would have blundered.
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Qwest then said her husband had agreed to a two-year term orally, over the phone, but provided no recording or other evidence to prove that.
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Union County Superior Court Judge Walter R. Barisonek will give his decision orally from the bench Thursday at 2: 00 PM, according to the Van Wyck Brooks Historic District's attorney.
Archive 2007-07-01 Dan 2007
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Union County Superior Court Judge Walter R. Barisonek will give his decision orally from the bench Thursday at 2: 00 PM, according to the Van Wyck Brooks Historic District's attorney.
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In these studies, BPA is administered orally, which is another reason why regulators consider them more seriously.
Jon Entine: With the European Union and a Slew of New Studies Reaffirming the Safety of BPA, At What Point Will the Science Prevail? Jon Entine 2010
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The French people, like most other nations in Europe, had in the old days abundant traditions, preserved orally, that is, transmitted from mouth to mouth, from generation to generation.
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He quotes none: he says "I was told," orally, that is.
The Puzzle of Dickens's Last Plot Andrew Lang 1878
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The teacher may give out an entire sentence from the dictation exercises, and require pupils to spell every word orally; or he may require them to copy the sentential exercises several times on a slate, and then to write them down from dictation.
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He handed it to the two dukes, together with the memorandum which the king had asked him for in the morning, and which he had just finished, sent word orally to his wife to come after him to L'Etang, whither he was going, without telling her why, sorted out his papers, and gave up his keys to be handed to his successor.
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 1830
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Competitors will then complete two rounds spelling one word orally each.
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