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Adjective: nonverbal  nón'vur-bul
  1. Being other than verbal communication
    "art like gesture is a form of nonverbal expression"
    - gestural
     
  2. Lacking verbal skill
    "rural students often come from nonverbal backgrounds"
     
  3. Involving little use of language
    "a nonverbal intelligence test"

See also: communicative, communicatory, nonverbally

Encyclopedia: Nonverbal