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extraverbal

extraverbal adjective: outside of speech; by other means than speaking.

Adjective

extraverbal (not comparable)

  1. Outside of speech; by other means than speaking.
    • She can do it only by varying the messages transmitted through the extraverbal channels; through changes in muscular tension if she is holding the child, changes in facial set, gesture, or intonation.1964, John Joseph Gumperz, Dell H. Hymes, The ethnography of communication, page 59

Origin of extraverbal

From extra- + verbal.

Words formed from extraverbal

Questions about extraverbal

What does extraverbal mean?
Extraverbal means outside of speech; by other means than speaking.
What part of speech is extraverbal?
Extraverbal is an adjective.

Words near extraverbal in the dictionary

  1. extravenated
  2. extravenates
  3. extravenating
  4. extravenation
  5. extraventricular
  6. extraverbal
  7. extraverbally
  8. extraversion
  9. extraversions
  10. extravert
  11. extravertebral

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