Meaning & Definition of Verbal in English

1. Communicated in the form of words

• "Verbal imagery"

• "A verbal protest"

2. Of or relating to or formed from words in general

• "Verbal ability"

3. Of or relating to or formed from a verb

• "Verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'"

4. 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"

5. Expressed in spoken words

• "A verbal contract"

6. Prolix

• "You put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal"- shakespeare