Definitions of verbal:
- adjective: relating to or having facility in the use of words
Example: "A good poet is a verbal artist"
- adjective: expressed in spoken words
Example: "A verbal contract"
- adjective: of or relating to or formed from a verb
Example: "Verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'"
- adjective: of or relating to or formed from words in general
Example: "Verbal ability"
- adjective: communicated in the form of words
Example: "Verbal imagery"
- adjective: prolix
Example: "You put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal- Shakespeare"