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orally

/ˈɔːɹəli/ adverb B2
  1. By mouth. · This medicine is taken orally. Swallowing a pill sure beats getting a shot every day.· Pleasure your partner orally and manually.
  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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“I have been most anxious to see you, that I might repeat orally the thanks writing can so ill express.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 558 · C1

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