Definitions of verbal:

• adjective:   relating to or having facility in the use of words

  Example: "A good poet is a verbal artist"

• adjective:   expressed in spoken words

  Example: "A verbal contract"

• adjective:   of or relating to or formed from a verb

  Example: "Verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'"

• adjective:   of or relating to or formed from words in general

  Example: "Verbal ability"

• adjective:   communicated in the form of words

  Example: "Verbal imagery"

• adjective:   prolix

  Example: "You put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal- Shakespeare"