a02016535
| type | a |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought |
| examples | mere rhetorical frippery |
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| Also see | fancy; figurative, nonliteral |
| Derivationally related form | rhetorical → rhetoric |
| Antonym | rhetorical → unrhetorical |
| Similar to | bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid; flowery, ornate; empurpled, over-embellished, purple; forensic; grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall; oratorical; poetic, poetical; stylistic |
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| Also see | formal; figurative, nonliteral; fancy |
| Similar to | bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid; flowery, ornate; empurpled, over-embellished, purple; forensic; grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall; oratorical; poetic, poetical; stylistic |
| Antonym | unrhetorical → rhetorical |
| Derived from adjective | rhetorically → rhetorical |
| Derivationally related form | rhetoric → rhetorical |
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