Dictionary Check: verbal
"verbal" is a valid word!
Scrabble
11
points
Words with Friends
14
points
Definition
adjective
of or relating to or formed from words in general
Example:
"verbal ability"
adjective
of or relating to or formed from a verb
Example:
"verbal adjectives like ‘running’ in ‘hot and cold running water’"
adjective
relating to or having facility in the use of words
Example:
"a good poet is a verbal artist"
adjective
tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length
Example:
"editing a prolix manuscript"
adjective
communicated in the form of words
Example:
"verbal imagery"
adjective
expressed in spoken words
Example:
"a verbal contract"
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