Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimony.
Consisting in, or having to do with, words only; dealing with words rather than with the ideas intended to be conveyed; as, a verbal critic; a verbal change.
Having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation.
Abounding with words; verbose.
Of or pertaining to a verb; as, a verbal group; derived directly from a verb; as, a verbal noun; used in forming verbs; as, a verbal prefix.
Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end. George Orwell
I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood. Audre Lorde
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition. W. Clement Stone
My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores. Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them. Fran Lebowitz
A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on. Samuel Goldwyn
