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English adjective: verbal | |||
| 1. | verbal communicated in the form of words | ||
| Samples | Verbal imagery. A verbal protest. | ||
| Similar | communicative, communicatory | ||
| Antonyms | incommunicative, uncommunicative | ||
| 2. | verbal of or relating to or formed from words in general | ||
| Samples | Verbal ability. | ||
| 3. | verbal of or relating to or formed from a verb | ||
| Samples | Verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'. | ||
| 4. | verbal relating to or having facility in the use of words | ||
| Samples | A good poet is a verbal artist. A merely verbal writer who sacrifices content to sound. Verbal aptitude. | ||
| Antonyms | mathematical, numerical | ||
| 5. | verbal expressed in spoken words | ||
| Samples | A verbal contract. | ||
| Similar | spoken | ||
| Antonyms | written | ||
| 6. | verbal prolix | ||
| Samples | You put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal. | ||
| Similar | prolix | ||
| Domain usage | archaicism, archaism | ||
| Antonyms | concise | ||
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