Meanings
adverbverbally (comparative more verbally, superlative most verbally)
comparative more verbally · superlative most verbally
- In a verbal manner; with words; by speaking.
Dumbstruck with joy, she was unable to express herself verbally, but the gratitude in her face was evident to all.
1 more example
Lenin castigated, in friend and foe alike, any tendency to compromise even verbally with religion, or to side-step ontological questions on the ground that they were wrongly formulated or insoluble.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 465
Origin
- Englishverbal
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishverbally
Translations
Bulgarian устно, словом
- устно (ustno)in a verbal manner
- словом (slovom)in a verbal manner
Catalan verbalment, de viva veu
- verbalmentin a verbal manner
- de viva veuin a verbal manner
Chinese Mandarin 口頭上 /口头上, 口頭地 /口头地
- 口頭上 /口头上 (kǒutóu shang)in a verbal manner
- 口頭地 /口头地 (kǒutóu de)in a verbal manner
Esperanto parole
- parolein a verbal manner
Finnish sanallisesti, verbaalisesti
- sanallisestiin a verbal manner
- verbaalisestiin a verbal manner
French verbalement
- verbalementin a verbal manner
Greek φραστικά, προφορικά
- φραστικά (frastiká)in a verbal manner
- προφορικά (proforiká)in a verbal manner
- λεκτικά (lektiká)in a verbal manner
Hungarian verbálisan
- verbálisanin a verbal manner
Polish słownie, ustnie
- słowniein a verbal manner
- ustniein a verbal manner
- werbalniein a verbal manner
Portuguese verbalmente
- verbalmentein a verbal manner
Spanish verbalmente, de viva voz
- verbalmentein a verbal manner
- de viva vozin a verbal manner
- a bocain a verbal manner
- boca a bocain a verbal manner
Ukrainian верба́льно, слове́сно
- верба́льно (verbálʹno)in a verbal manner
- слове́сно (slovésno)in a verbal manner
- у́сно (úsno)in a verbal manner
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APA
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“verbally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verbally. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “verbally,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verbally.
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