intravenously
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of intravenously
First recorded in 1895–1900; intravenous + -ly
Example Sentences
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That includes $463 million from a new form of the drug called Qlex, which is administered by injection rather than intravenously.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Individuals will be able to choose to have a doctor administer a lethal dose intravenously, as happens in Spain, Canada, New Zealand and most of Australia.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
Those insults are fed intravenously and instantaneously into the body politic due to our interconnectivity.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2026
Furthermore, the author contends that many studies that do reference vaccines involved laboratory mice that received injections directly into the brain or intravenously, which differs significantly from how humans receive the vaccines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2025
Eventually, he had to be pinioned and fed intravenously or through a tube inserted in a nostril.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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