"verbal" in the adjective sense
1. verbal
communicated in the form of words
"verbal imagery"
"a verbal protest"
2. 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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