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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