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verbally

verbally

58 3.0
Using spoken words rather than writing
  • adverb
  • /ˈvɜrbəli/
translation icon : verbalmente
  • At the end of each paragraph, the teacher asked students to verbally summarize information contained in the text.
  • communicate verbally
  • express verbally
  • describe verbally

You can't put out the trash to cancel out verbally abusing someone.

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Examples

  • After listening, participants retold the story and then answered five verbally presented probe questions.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Questions were presented verbally, and students were given the opportunity to respond verbally or in writing.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Because what you think and what you state verbally is what you start to believe.

  • Please verbally state the nature of your injury.

  • For many boys, communicating verbally is not as easy as using actions.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Musical concepts, terms, and definitions are often taught verbally rather than through composition and performance.

    Academic text (1991)
  • For that reason, advisors should avoid being verbally aggressive with their advisees.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Provides basic technical presentations, graphics, and reports, and verbally communicates information related to engineering processes.

    Academic text (2008)
  • And I was like, OK, you're very smart, you're very verbally intelligent.

  • The doctor asked her to verbally describe her symptoms during the examination.

Synonyms

vocally
vsverbally
13 4.0

To speak so others can hear your opinion

focuses only on using spoken words rather than other voice sounds
orally
vsverbally
6 3.3

To say something rather than write it

is the same meaning but appears as an alternative term

How Verbal

verbally
58 3.0
out loud
277 1.0
silently
129 1.2

Surface Forms

verbally positive

Morphology

verbally = verbal (transparent) = verbal + ly

Clearly formed from the adjective 'verbal' with the common adverbial suffix '-ly', meaning 'in a verbal manner'.

Etymology

Verbally comes from the Latin verbum, which means 'word' and is the same root as the English word verb. So verbally means using words, usually spoken rather than written.