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 ;