orally Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb (of drugs) through the mouth rather than through injection; by_mouth
    • he was administered the drug orally
  2. adverb by spoken rather than written means
    by word of mouth.
    • these stories were transmitted by word of mouth

WordNet

O"ral*ly adverb
Definitions
  1. In an oral manner. Tillotson.
  2. By, with, or in, the mouth; as, to receive the sacrament orally. Obs. Usher.

Webster 1913