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verbal

4.1

Relating to or made from a verb

adjective
/ˈvɜrbəl/

: verbal

More recent research confirms and expands on the asymmetry between the phonological (verbal) and visual-spatial domains.
verbal form
verbal structure

It's the word is for sort of like a fortunate accident, you know, in a verbal form that's being used there in the Greek.

Examples

Both aestumare and autumare denoted intellectual operations or verbal actions.

Academic text (2000)
"Or why not put the word into its verbal form, the better to get the whole of it?"

Blog text (6)
Without imagination, one cannot picture an event in history, a verbal problem in mathematics, or the characters of a book.

Academic text (1992)
The notation was verbal in form and not a graphical representation.

Academic text (1997)
The problems, the verbal creations, were methodically solved.

Fiction book (1997)
That's what people who use the SAT to evaluate student aptitude mean by "developed" verbal ability.

Academic text (1999)
"In its verbal forms, amahn also conjugates to mean "to foster, nurse, bring up."

Academic text (1992)
As a measure of verbal intelligence in visually impaired clients, the Wechsler verbal scales seem to be the instrument of choice.

Academic text (1997)
The teacher emphasized the importance of verbal communication during the class discussion.
In English grammar, a verbal noun like 'running' can function as a subject or an object.

Compounds

verbal agreement

3 3.4

People make a deal by speaking instead of writing

verbal description

1 4.2

An explanation of something using words rather than pictures

verbal expression

1 3.7

To show ideas and feelings using spoken or written words

verbal intelligence

Specialized

1 5.3

Being able to use and understand spoken and written words well

verbal approval

1 3.5

Spoken agreement that allows someone to do something

verbal noun

Specialized

1 6.8

A noun made from a verb that names an action or process

verbal creation

1 6.7

To make new ideas and images using speech or writing

Surface Forms

verbal positive

Morphology

verbal = verb (transparent) = verb + al

This is a straightforward adjective formation from verb + -al meaning 'pertaining to verbs'.

Etymology

The word verbal comes from the Latin verbum 'word' and is closely linked to the familiar English verb. In grammar, a verbal describes something 'from a verb', such as a gerund or participle.