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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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82 words match “ORALLY”

ORALLY adv. 2 definitions

By, with, or in, the mouth; as, to receive the sacrament orally. [Obs.] Usher.

In the manner of a chorus; adapted to be sung by a choir; in harmony.

CORPORALLY adv.

In or with the body; bodily; as, to be corporally present. Sharp.

DOCTORALLY adv.

In the manner of a doctor.[R.]

In a floral manner.

In an immoral manner; wickedly.

INCORPORALLY adv.

Incorporeally. [Obs.]

MORALLY adv. 4 definitions

In a moral or ethical sense; according to the rules of morality. By good, good morally so called, "bonum honestum" ought chiefly to be understood. South.

PASTORALLY adv. 2 definitions

In a pastoral or rural manner.

PECTORALLY adv.

As connected with the breast.

TEMPORALLY adv.

In a temporal manner; secularly. [R.] South.

ACROAMATIC; ACROAMATICAL a.

Communicated orally; oral; -- applied to the esoteric teachings of Aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence: Abstruse; profound.

Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally, or socially; as, an advance in health, knowledge, or religion; an advance in rank or office.

To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like. The papal authority . . . assailed. Hallam. They assailed him with keen invectiv…

rtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of good; as a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad health; bad crop; bad news.

To keep steady; to steady, morally. 'T is charity must ballast the heart. Hammond.

Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base motives; base occupations. "A cruel act of a base and a cowardish mind." Robynson (More's Utopia). "Base ingratitude." Milton.

To improve the condition of, morally, physically, financially, socially, or otherwise. The constant effort of every man to better himself. Macaulay.

Hence: Morally distorted; not upright. [Poetic] I may be straight, though they themselves be bevel. Shak. A bevel angle, any angle other than one of 90º. -- Bevel wheel, a cogwheel whose working face is oblique to the axis. Knight.

BLACK-HEARTED a.

Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.