8 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
adjective in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
adverb using exactly the same words
originAttested in English since 1481 (therefore considered a Middle English derivation by some): from Medieval Latin verbātim (“word for word”), from Latin verbum (“word”) + -ātim (adverbial suffix).
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