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