Aurally
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Pertaining to sound or the ear; via or through the sense of hearing. not-comparable
"While the flashy special effects were nice, the movie was aurally jarring, loud and displeasing in general to the ear."
- 1 with regard to sound or the ear wordnet
Example
More examples"At the pizzeria in the afternoon of the 31st of January of 2022, I heard the muscular bearded owner speaking in his cellphone, whilst he was eating pizza. He was speaking in Tamil. I told him that I like the way the cursive writing looks. He said that the truth was that he was born and raised in Canada and he could not read or write Tamil. I said that it was good that his parents from Sri Lanka were culturally motivated to pass on Tamil to the next generation, at least, orally and aurally. His family is Hindu."
Etymology
From aural + -ly.
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