Meanings
adverbrectally (not comparable)
- not comparableThrough the rectum.
The thermometer had to be inserted rectally.
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“When you do it rectally you may still throw up, but there’s nothing to throw up here. It’s kind of like a point of no return once you put it in there that way.”
2012 September 26, Jacque Wilson, “Experts: Alcohol enemas ‘extremely dangerous’”, in CNNSynonyms: per rectum, PR
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbThrough the rectum.
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rectally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rectally
MLA
“rectally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rectally. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rectally,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rectally.
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