extraverbal

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adjective

Outside of speech; by other means than speaking.

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Meanings

adjectiveextraverbal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOutside of speech; by other means than speaking.

    She can do it only by varying the messages transmitted through the extraverbal channels; through changes in muscular tension if she is holding the child, changes in facial set, gesture, or intonation.

    1964, John Joseph Gumperz, Dell H. Hymes, The ethnography of communication, page 59

Origin

From extra- + verbal.

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APA

extraverbal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extraverbal

MLA

“extraverbal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extraverbal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extraverbal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extraverbal.

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