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

Close and Kunis take it to emotionally and aurally operatic heights, as Molly weaponizes her rage to manipulate her mother, and Deb’s carefully controlled boundaries erode into sheer panic and instinct.

From Los Angeles Times

MacGowan’s indescribable laugh, mixing the least aurally attractive aspects of hissing and gurgling, makes him disquieting company even when he’s waxing mildly eloquent.

From New York Times

Skipping over those aurally unhelpful empty spaces makes for a swift production; it clocks in at 2 hours and 30 minutes, with the play’s three acts combined into one uninterrupted sequence.

From New York Times

Her just-dropped video for “Highway” is both visually and aurally breathtaking.

From Los Angeles Times

It seems to me that Deloitte’s analysis of the audiobook market may miss something: that experiencing a book aurally is quite different from reading it, and that perhaps the publishing industry isn’t a zero-sum game.

From The Guardian