verbality

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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17
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19
Letters
9

Definition of verbality

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The state or characteristic of consisting of words; that which consists simply of verbiage.
    “For my own investigations of traditional logic lead irresistably to the conclusion that it is essentially an equivocation between psychology and verbality.”
    “In other words, to read a visual poem is to betray it; to restore it to verbality is to eliminate half of its meaning.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The state or characteristic of consisting of words; that which consists simply of verbiage.
    “For my own investigations of traditional logic lead irresistably to the conclusion that it is essentially an equivocation between psychology and verbality.”
    “In other words, to read a visual poem is to betray it; to restore it to verbality is to eliminate half of its meaning.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)Proficiency or fluency in the use of words.
    “Generally, high communicators were found to be: college majors in humanities or natural sciences, Jewish or Catholic persons, first-born or only children, and those high in verbality.”

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Etymology

From verbal + -ity.

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