extraverbal

English

Etymology

extra- +‎ verbal

Adjective

extraverbal (not comparable)

1. Outside of speech; by other means than speaking.
   • 1964, John Joseph Gumperz, Dell H. Hymes, The ethnography of communication, page 59:

     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.

Derived terms

• extraverbally