verbal
1 adj You use verbal to indicate that something is expressed in speech rather than in writing or action.
usu ADJ n
They were jostled and subjected to a torrent of verbal abuse..., We have a verbal agreement with her...
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verbally adv
Teachers were threatened with kitchen knives, physically assaulted and verbally abused...
2 adj You use verbal to indicate that something is connected with words and the use of words.
ADJ n
The test has scores for verbal skills, mathematical skills, and abstract reasoning skills...
3 adj In grammar, verbal means relating to a verb.
usu ADJ n
...a verbal noun.