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verbality

American  
[ver-bal-i-tee] / vərˈbæl ɪ ti /

noun

verbalities plural
  1. wordiness; verbal diffuseness.

    a speech full of tedious verbality.

  2. a verbal expression of an idea or thought.

  3. the quality or character of a verb.


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Etymology

Origin of verbality

First recorded in 1635–45; verbal + -ity

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One feels that in the theologians' hands, they are only a set of titles obtained by a mechanical manipulation of synonyms; verbality has stepped into the place of vision, professionalism into that of life.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William

The "precise verbality" is merely a private trouble of the poets.

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 23, 1914 by Various

"I will disarm him with smiles and pleasant words," she every day resolved; yet every day was she pierced anew with his arrowy verbality.

From Hubert's Wife A Story for You by Lee, Minnie Mary

Yet if they agree with these verbalities and effects, we can know that our ideas of the past are true.

From Pragmatism by James, William

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