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verbal in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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"
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  2. of or relating to or formed from a verb
    "verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'"
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  3. of or relating to or formed from words in general
    "verbal ability"
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  4. communicated in the form of words
    "verbal imagery"; "a verbal protest"
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  5. prolix
    "you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal"- Shakespeare
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  6. expressed in spoken words
    "a verbal contract"
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