1.Definition: communicated in the form of words

"Verbal imagery", "A verbal protest"

2.Definition: expressed in spoken words

"A verbal contract"

3.Definition: of or relating to or formed from a verb

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

4.Definition: of or relating to or formed from words in general

"Verbal ability"

5.Definition: prolix

"You put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal"

6.Definition: relating to or having facility in the use of words

"A good poet is a verbal artist", "A merely verbal writer who sacrifices content to sound", "Verbal aptitude"