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aurally

[ awr-uh-lee ]

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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The intent is to demonstrate aurally, through a well-known popular tune, the impact of climate change by providing a snapshot of the devastation and destruction of extreme storms.

Together with his collaborators, he has devised a way for humans to "enter" a 3D spider web and explore its structure both visually and aurally via a virtual reality setup.

Sets of gravitational waves have even been converted into the analogous sound waves, allowing for an aural appreciation of these enigmatic events.

However, Mason studied music at university and it is more than obvious that audio and sound-based experiences — not just music but the impact that aural experiences can have — are really where his passion lies.

That means studying how different sounds affect us—and how the devices we use and buildings we create alter what reaches our ear drums—and using that knowledge to dial in on better aural environments.

He could hear them aurally now, but he kept watching them, esper-fashion.

When yet half a block away from the market one became aurally aware of it.

It should be regarded aurally as the artist regards his work visually.

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