ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Aurally

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈɔːɹ.əl.i/ · Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Aurally is an adverb meaning Pertaining to sound or the ear; via or through the sense of hearing.

Meaning

Pertaining to sound or the ear; via or through the sense of hearing.

Example Sentences

While the flashy special effects were nice, the movie was aurally jarring, loud and displeasing in general to the ear.
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.

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Related dictionary entries include phonetically, soundwise, acoustically, wordwise, sightwise, orologically.

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