of or relating to or formed from words in general; verbal ability'

of or relating to or formed from a verb; verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water''

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'

communicated in the form of words; verbal imagery; a verbal protest'

expressed in spoken words; a verbal contract'

prolix; you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal- Shakespeare