verbal

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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From Old French verbal, from Late Latin verbālis (“belonging to a word”). Equivalent to verb + -al.

You required a verbal explanation. — The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens
Perhaps Madeline had only verbal information. — Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter, Lawrence L. Lynch
It'll have to be a verbal one now. — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling

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