Definitions for verbal



Overview of adj verbal

The adj verbal has 6 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (5) verbal

(communicated in the form of words; "verbal imagery"; "a verbal protest")

2. (3) verbal

(of or relating to or formed from words in general; "verbal ability")

3. verbal

(of or relating to or formed from a verb; "verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'")

4. verbal

(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")

5. verbal

(expressed in spoken words; "a verbal contract")

6. verbal

(prolix; "you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal"- Shakespeare)

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