6 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
adverb (of drugs) through the mouth rather than through injection; by_mouth
adverb by spoken rather than written means
originEtymology tree English oral 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 orally From oral + -ly.
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