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Dictionary Results for rhetorical:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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: given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of
       thought; "mere rhetorical frippery" [ant: unrhetorical]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

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