nonverbally
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5.6
- adverb
- /nɒnˈvɜːrbəli/
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de manera no verbal
- We primarily communicate nonverbally, using gestures and facial expressions instead of words.
- communicate nonverbally
- nonverbally and verbally
We primarily communicate nonverbally, and we always will.
- We primarily communicate nonverbally, and we always will.
Examples
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Might this be because speakers with mild or no apraxia did not need to communicate as much information nonverbally as the nonverbal control participants?
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Attitudes, behaviors, and expectations can be verbally and nonverbally reinforced and communicated through a variety of learning experiences.
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I used to express my feelings nonverbally... and often scared people... who were close to me.
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We primarily communicate nonverbally, and we always will.
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The child began to read social signals and communicate nonverbally with facial expressions and body language.
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Attempt to convey all of your intentions and instructions nonverbally.
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A vocational assessment for sighted people would not be considered complete without measuring the ability to reason nonverbally.
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Teachers need to convey both verbally and nonverbally that they hold equal expectations for boys and girls (Wood, 2000).
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Many campus career centers offer workshops on how to dress for success, and strong candidates attend training on how to dress and communicate nonverbally long before onsite interviews.
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As Tortoriello, Blatt, and De Wine (1978:23) remark, "Probably more feelings and intentions are communicated nonverbally than through all the verbal methods combined."
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
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3.9
To do something without speaking or using words
Without using words, by actions, gestures, or facial expressions
People communicate without using words, showing meaning by gestures or tone
Antonyms
How Verbal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word nonverbally is built from non- meaning 'not', verbal from a root meaning 'word', as in verb, and -ly which makes it describe how something happens. So nonverbally means doing something 'without words', for example by gestures or facial expressions.