Dictionary

verbally en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English verbal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English verbally From verbal + -ly.

Meanings

1. 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.
   • 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:

Forms

Deriveds

subverbally · nonverbally

Translations (28)

hu verbálisan (in a verbal manner) · uk у́сно (in a verbal manner) · es a boca (in a verbal manner) · ca verbalment (in a verbal manner) · uk верба́льно (in a verbal manner) · fi sanallisesti (in a verbal manner) · bg словом (in a verbal manner) · pt verbalmente (in a verbal manner) · es boca a boca (in a verbal manner) · bg устно (in a verbal manner) · cmn 口頭上 /口头上 (in a verbal manner) · es de viva voz (in a verbal manner) · fi verbaalisesti (in a verbal manner) · gl verbalmente (in a verbal manner) · ka სიტყვიერად (in a verbal manner) · el λεκτικά (in a verbal manner) · cmn 口頭地 /口头地 (in a verbal manner) · pl słownie (in a verbal manner) · el φραστικά (in a verbal manner) · uk слове́сно (in a verbal manner) · pl werbalnie (in a verbal manner) · pl ustnie (in a verbal manner) · el προφορικά (in a verbal manner) · es verbalmente (in a verbal manner) · ca de viva veu (in a verbal manner) · ka ზეპირად (in a verbal manner) · eo parole (in a verbal manner) · fr verbalement (in a verbal manner)