nonverbal.

1. Communicated or carried out without spoken or written words.

2. Using little or no spoken language to communicate.

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Words that belong together

• nonverbal communication
• nonverbal cue

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Their nonverbal exchange made the spoken assurance unnecessary.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, behavior. Commonness: moderately common.