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.
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