verbal

communicated in the form of words; "verbal imagery"; "a verbal protest"

of or relating to or formed from words in general; "verbal ability"

of or relating to or formed from a verb; "verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'"

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"

expressed in spoken words; "a verbal contract"

prolix; "you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal"- Shakespeare