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orally and ?

Sunny19
User since 2008
Posts: 121

22 Feb. 2009

I was tempted to build up something like "literally", expressing that it exists or is demanded in a written form in accordance with "orally" which expresses something that can be heard.
What is the correct equivalent to orally and verbally corresponding to news that can be read?

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  • User since 2008
    Posts: 121

    22 Feb. 2009

    I was tempted to build up something like "literally", expressing that it exists or is demanded in a written form in accordance with "orally" which expresses something that can be heard.
    What is the correct equivalent to orally and verbally corresponding to news that can be read?
  • User since 2006
    Posts: 2715

    22 Feb. 2009

    Insofar as I know, English hasn't a word for it. I think you are right as you don't venture something in the kind of literally which means "in a strict sense" or "word to word" and has nothing to do with the writing.


    I wonder whether we shouldn't use a circumlocution.


    They orally promised to do it.
    They promised to do it in writing.


    He got rebuked orally.
    He got a written rebuke.
    His rebuke was written in black and white.


    I am eager to learn how we could fix that issue. Looking forward to reading further opinions.

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