orally

English

Etymology

oral +‎ -ly

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.

Translations

by mouth

• Esperanto: buŝe (eo)
• Finnish: suun kautta
• French: oralement (fr)

• Icelandic: munnlega (is)
• Spanish: oralmente (es)
• Swedish: oralt (sv)

spoken

• Catalan: oralment (ca)
• Finnish: suullisesti (fi)
• Icelandic: munnlega (is)

• Spanish: oralmente (es)
• Swedish: verbalt (sv), muntligt (sv)