aurally

American  

[awr-uh-lee] / ˈɔr ə li /

adverb

1. by means of the ears or the sense of hearing.

   The booming bass and shrieking laughter bombards you aurally, while cigarette smoke and spilled beer assail your olfactory senses.

   True folk songs are those that have been handed down through families and communities aurally.

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Etymology

Origin of aurally

aural ¹ ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

They might even have yawned if they only heard you yawn, because yawning is also aurally contagious: if you play an audiotape of a yawn to blind people, they’ll yawn too.

From Literature

It was passed on aurally, monk by monk, nun by nun, painstakingly, patiendy, for century after century.

From Literature

Children learn from each other by listening and joining in, learn by listening to recordings, or learn aurally from adults.

From Literature

In some cultures like India, even the classical music is transmitted aurally, with almost no notated music at all.

From Literature

For most of us, our individual worlds are a bit quieter right now, or at least aurally altered by stay-at-home orders.

From Washington Post