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orally

adv
/ˈɔːɹəli/

Etymology

From oral + -ly.

  1. borrowed from ōrālis
  2. formed as orally — “oral + -ly”

Definitions

  1. By mouth.

    • 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.

  2. Spoken as opposed to written.

    • I took the make-up test orally because my arm is still in a cast.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at orally. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at orally. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at orally

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA