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Definitions of verbal

1. communicated in the form of words; "verbal imagery"; "a verbal protest" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

2. (archaic) "you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal"- Shakespeare Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

3. 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" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

4. expressed in spoken words; "a verbal contract" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

5. of or relating to or formed from a verb; "verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

6. prolix; "you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal"- Shakespeare Wordnet Dictionary DB

7. Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimony. Webster Dictionary DB

8. Consisting in, or having to do with, words only; dealing with words rather than with the ideas intended to be conveyed; as, a verbal critic; a verbal change. Webster Dictionary DB

9. Having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation. Webster Dictionary DB

10. Abounding with words; verbose. Webster Dictionary DB

11. Of or pertaining to a verb; as, a verbal group; derived directly from a verb; as, a verbal noun; used in forming verbs; as, a verbal prefix. Webster Dictionary DB

12. A noun derived from a verb. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

13. Of or pertaining to words; consisting merely of words; as, his sympathy was only verbal; concerned with words more than with the ideas which they contain; stated or expressed in words, especially spoken words; hence, spoken; not written; word for word; in grammar, pertaining to, or derived from, a verb; verbal noun, a noun made from a verb by adding-ing, and meaning the act or process of doing what is indicated by the verb; as, in the sentence "Seeing is believing," seeing and believing are verbal nouns. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

14. Verbally. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

15. Relating to or consisting in words: spoken (as opposed to written): exact in words: attending to words only: word for word: derived directly from a verb. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

16. A part of speech, a noun derived from a verb. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

17. VERRALIST. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

18. Spoken; literal; relating to words; derived from a verb. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

19. Pertaining to words rather than ideas; literal. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

20. Spoken; not written; oral. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

21. Pertaining to or derived from a verb. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

22. Spoken; expressed to the ear in words; not written; oral; consisting in mere words; respecting words only; attending to words only; literal, or word for word; derived from a verb. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

23. Not written; uttered by the mouth; relating to words only; minutely exact in words; in gram., derived from a verb. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

24. Parol; by word of mouth; oral; as. verbal agreement, verbal evidence; or written, but not signed, or not executed with the formalities required for a deed VERBAL 15 or prescribed by statute In particular cases. Musgrove v. Jackson, 59 Miss. 390. thelawdictionary.org

25. [Latin] Of or for words; as V. amnesia. na

26. Of, concerned with, words, as v. distinctions, subtleties, critic (ism), accuracy, INSPIRATION; oral, not written, as a v. communication, contract, v. evidence; (of translation) literal, word for word; v. note (diplomacy), unsigned memorandum on matter that is not urgent but must not be overlooked; (Gram.) of (the nature of) a verb, as v. inflexions, used in all the v. senses (of the verb), v. noun, noun derived from verb& partly sharing its constructions (e.g. English nouns in -ING); (n.) v. noun. Hence verbally adv. [Late Latin] Concise Oxford Dictionary

27. n. A word derived from a verb. Cabinet Dictionary