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verbality

[ ver-bal-i-tee ]
/ vərˈbæl ɪ ti /
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noun, plural ver·bal·i·ties for 2.

wordiness; verbal diffuseness: a speech full of tedious verbality.
a verbal expression of an idea or thought.
the quality or character of a verb.

Words related to verbality

diffusion, redundancy, garrulity, diffuseness, verbosity, circumlocution, fecundity, verbiage, loquacity, prolixity, pleonasm, officialese, tautology, periphrasis, logorrhea, loquaciousness, euphemism, wordiness, roundabout, indirectness

Words nearby verbality

verbal auxiliary, verbal irony, verbal noun, verbalism, verbalist, verbality, verbalize, verbascum, verbatim, verbatim et literatim, verbena

Origin of verbality

First recorded in 1635–45; verbal + -ity
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