adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In auricular manner: a. In one’s ear, in a whisper (see AURICULAR a. 2); † b. So as to affect the ear only (see AURICULAR a. 3); c. By means of auricles.

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1589.  Puttenham, Eng. Poesie (Arb.), 182. Your figures that worke auricularly by exchange.

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1667.  Decay Chr. Piety, vii. § 4. 260. These will soon confess, and that not auricularly, but in a loud and audible voice.

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1847.  Craig, Auricularly stem-clasping, having auricles at the base clasping the stem; applied to leaves.

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