rhetorical (a)

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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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