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rhetorical
Overview of adj rhetorical
The adj rhetorical has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. rhetorical -- (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. rhetorical -- (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")
Grep of noun rhetorical
rhetorical device
rhetorical question
Antonyms of adj rhetorical
1 of 2 senses of rhetorical
Sense 2
rhetorical (vs. unrhetorical)
unrhetorical (vs. rhetorical)
=> matter-of-fact, prosaic
=> plainspoken
Similarity of adj rhetorical
2 senses of rhetorical
Sense 1
rhetorical
Pertains to noun rhetoric (Sense 1)
=>rhetoric
=> expressive style, style
Sense 2
rhetorical (vs. unrhetorical)
=> anapestic, anapaestic
=> bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid
=> flowery, ornate
=> embellished, empurpled, over-embellished, purple
=> forensic
=> grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall
=> oratorical
=> poetic, poetical
=> stylistic
Also See> fancy#1; figurative#1, nonliteral#1; formal#3
Pertainyms of adj rhetorical
1 of 2 senses of rhetorical
Sense 1
rhetorical
Pertains to noun rhetoric (Sense 1)
=>rhetoric
=> expressive style, style
Attributes of adj rhetorical
Domain of adj rhetorical
Domain Terms of adj rhetorical
Familiarity of adj rhetorical
rhetorical used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj rhetorical
rhetorical
unrhetorical
Grep of adv rhetorical
rhetorically
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