orally
/ˈɔːɹəli/
orally adverb: by mouth.
Adverb
orally (not comparable)
- By mouth.
- This medicine is taken orally. Swallowing a pill sure beats getting a shot every day.
- Pleasure your partner orally and manually.
- Spoken as opposed to written.
- I took the make-up test orally because my arm is still in a cast.
orally meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Punjabi
orally in Tamil
- வாய்மொழியாக
orally in Urdu
- منہ سے, زبانی
orally in Bengali
- মৌখিকভাবে, মুখের মাধ্যমে
orally in Punjabi
- orally, by word of mouth; from memory
- ਮੂੰਹ ਜ਼ਬਾਨੀ mū̃h zabānī
More languagesFewer languages
- orally in Arabic
- فَمَوِيًّا famawiyyan, شِفَاهِيًا šifāhiyan, شِفَاهًا šifāhan
Examples of orally in a sentence
- She was able to take analgesia orally.
- The Mishnah is believed by Jews to have been handed down orally from the prophet Moses, who received it on Mount Sinai with the written Torah.
- An oath sworn or affirmed orally is often given in call and response, where the official reads each line of the oath, and the affiant repeats the line back.
Origin of orally
From oral + -ly.
Words formed from orally
Phrases with orally
Questions about orally
- What does orally mean?
- Orally means by mouth.
- What is orally in Tamil?
- Orally in Tamil is வாய்மொழியாக. See Orally meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is orally?
- Orally is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce orally?
- Orally is pronounced /ˈɔːɹəli/.
Words near orally in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: orally (page history and authors); orally (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); orally (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); orally (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਮੂੰਹ ਜ਼ਬਾਨੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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