• (n.) The quality or state of being verbal; mere words; bare literal expression.
Ver·bal'i·ty noun The quality or state of being verbal; mere words; bare literal expression. [ R.] 'More verbality than matter.' Bp. Hall. 
verbality 1. The quality of being (merely) verbal; that which consists of mere words or verbiage. 2. Verbal expressions or phrases. 3. The quality appropriate to a verb.