verbal

Definition

Of or relating to words.

Etymology

From Old French verbal, from Late Latin verbālis (“belonging to a word”). Equivalent to verb + -al.

Example Sentences

• "We subjoin an engraving […] which will give the reader a far better notion of the structure than any verbal description could convey to the mind."
• "It was not a verbal remark, but a proceeding in dumb-show"
• "a verbal contract"

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