Definition of 'verbal'

Adjective

1. communicated in the form of words; "verbal imagery"; "a verbal protest"
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 `running' in `hot and cold running water'"
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: numerical mathematical
5. expressed in spoken words; "a verbal contract"
6. prolix; "you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal"- Shakespeare

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