orally
/ˈɔːɹəli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
By mouth.
adv
Example Sentences
- "This medicine is taken orally. Swallowing a pill sure beats getting a shot every day."
- "Pleasure your partner orally and manually."
- "But methadone is a dangerous drug. If taken orally by a nonaddict, it can cause euphoria or even death."
- "I took the make-up test orally because my arm is still in a cast."
Etymology
Etymology tree English oral Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English orally From oral + -ly.