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verbal

ver·bal

US/ˈvɜː.bəl/ fairly common uk

adjective

1.

communicated in the form of words

  • “verbal imagery”
  • “a verbal protest”
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2.

of or relating to or formed from words in general

  • “verbal ability”
3.

of or relating to or formed from a verb

  • “verbal adjectives like”
  • “in”
  • “'”
4.

relating to or having facility in the use of words

  • “a good poet is a verbal artist”
  • “a merely verbal writer who sacrifices content to sound”
  • “verbal aptitude”
Antonyms
5.

expressed in spoken words

  • “a verbal contract”
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6.

prolix

  • “you put me to forget a lady”
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Origin

From Old French verbal, from Late Latin verbālis (“belonging to a word”). Equivalent to verb + -al.

Phrases

  • non-verbal leak
  • verbal adjective
  • verbal assault
  • verbal authority
  • verbal communication
  • verbal complement
  • verbal constipation
  • verbal diarrhea

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Word family

Pertaining to

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