orally

From oral +‎ -ly.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːɹəli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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.

• Royall, oryall, royall