Dictionary Definition
orally adv
1 (of drugs) through the mouth rather than
through injection; "he was administered the drug orally" [syn:
by
mouth]
2 by spoken rather than written means; "these
stories were transmitted by word of mouth" [syn: by word
of mouth]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adverb
orally- By mouth.
- This medicine is taken orally. Swallowing a pill sure beats getting a shot every day.
- Spoken as opposed to written.
- I took the make up test orally because my arm is still in a cast.
Extensive Definition
The word oral may refer to:
As an adjective:
- the mouth.
- speech communication as opposed to writing.
- oral schools use oralism to teach the deaf.
- oral stage, Sigmund Freud's name for a child's development during the first 0 to 18 months of life, in which an infant's pleasure centers are in the mouth.
- oral sex
Other:
- Oral, Kazakhstan, a city
- Royaume d'Oral, 18th Century French name for the Principality of Bethio on the Senegal River in West Africa
- Oral Roberts, an American televangelist.
- Oral Roberts University, named after the televangelist.
orally in German: Oral
orally in French: Oral
orally in Dutch: Oraal
orally in Polish: Oral
orally in Swedish: Oral