Found 2 items, similar to rhetorical.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: rhetorical rhetorical adj 1: of or relating to rhetoric; “accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested”- W.A.White; “the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation”- Lewis Mumford 2: concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking; “a rhetorical question is one asked solely to produce an effect (especially to make an assertion) rather than to elicit a reply” [ant: unrhetorical]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Rhetorical Rhetorical \Rhe*tor"ic*al\, a. [L. rhetoricus, Gr. ????. See Rhetoric.] Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish. [1913 Webster] They permit him to leave their poetical taste ungratified, provided that he gratifies their rhetorical sense. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] -- Rhe*tor"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Rhe*tor"ic*al*ness, n. [1913 Webster]