aurally en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈɔːɹ.əl.i/ (UK)
- /ˈoɹ.ə.li/ (General-American)
- (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English aural Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English aurally From aural + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Pertaining to sound or the ear; via or through the sense of hearing.
While differentiation is often not challenging for certain languages (anyone can recognise the difference between Russian and French, or Mandarin and Spanish), as languages become closer the difficulty of aurally separating them increases.
2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 10:While the flashy special effects were nice, the movie was aurally jarring, loud and displeasing in general to the ear.
Coordinates
Deriveds
interaurally · aurally challenged
Translations (2)
ru на слух (Perceived by the ear) · es auditivamente (Perceived by the ear)