auditorilyadv.
/ˈɔːdᵻt(ə)rᵻli/, /ɔːdᵻˈtɔːrᵻli/, U.S. /ˈɔdəˌtɔrəli/, /ˈɑdəˌtɔrəli/ By means of the sense of hearing; in a manner capable of being heard. Cf. auditorially adv.In quot. 1749: as listeners or hearers.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > [adverb]
auditorily1749
earwise1836
auditoriallya1881
aurally1883
1749 Ess. Atheism & Deism 65 Christ's Ascension to Heaven, seems to have been in the Presence of many Witnesses... Many Disciples were assembled together with them [sc. the Apostles], auditorily.
1826 Aurora & Franklin Gaz. (Philadelphia) 15 Feb. The Editor aforesaid was a main backer and abettor of this contemptible practice, so far as auditorily commenting upon speeches of this sort went.
1932 H. H. Price Perception v. 103 It is not what I hear, or auditorily sense.
2011 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 76 891/2 Questions..were presented visually on the screen and auditorily via earphones.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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