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/nɑnˈvɝbəɫ/
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ADJECTIVE
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involving little use of language
a nonverbal intelligence test -
lacking verbal skill
rural students often come from nonverbal backgrounds -
being other than verbal communication
the study of gestural communication
art like gesture is a form of nonverbal expression
How To Use nonverbal In A Sentence
- More important than language are nonverbal communication patterns - modes of greeting, social customs and religious rituals.
- a nonverbal intelligence test
- The patient appearing motorically “stuck” in an indecisive, hesitant movement, which results from examiner verbally contradicting his own strong nonverbal signal, such as offering his hand as if to shake hands, while stating, “Don’t shake my hand, I don’t want you to shake it.” The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
- they communicated nonverbally
- I couldn’t very well tell him the truth, that it was my own system, a boustrophedonic code based on six languages, three alphabets, a variety of symbols mathematical and chemical, and a hieroglyphic, designed to keep up with even the fastest of lecturers and leave me time to record nonverbal data, as well. A Letter of Mary
- However, a nonverbal message may not have a verbal counterpart.
- This nonverbal communication becomes highly automatic and occurs for the most part outside of conscious awareness. Trauma and Recovery
- The two had no common language, but the painter communicated nonverbally by miming and gesturing. Times, Sunday Times
- art like gesture is a form of nonverbal expression
- The actors convey an incredible amount of information nonverbally. Houston Chronicle