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orally

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Etymology

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From oral +‎ -ly.

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orally (not comparable)

  1. By mouth.
    This medicine is taken orally. Swallowing a pill sure beats getting a shot every day.
    Pleasure your partner orally and manually.
    • 1971 March 19, Richard Severo, “Addiction: Chemistry Is the New Hope, but Degree of Its Effectiveness Is Still Disputed”, in The New York Times[1]:
      But methadone is a dangerous drug. If taken orally by a nonaddict, it can cause euphoria or even death.
  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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