rhetorical

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}]
    

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.
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         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.
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92 Moby Thesaurus words for "rhetorical":
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      bedizened, big-sounding, bombastic, chichi, contrived, convoluted,
      declamatory, elevated, elocutionary, eloquent, embellished,
      euphuistic, exaggerated, expressive, extravagant, flamboyant,
      flaming, flashy, flaunting, florid, flowery, fluent, for effect,
      forensic, fulsome, fustian, garish, gassy, gaudy, glib, grand,
      grandiloquent, grandiose, grandisonant, high-flowing, high-flown,
      high-flying, high-sounding, highfalutin, imposing, inflated,
      inkhorn, labyrinthine, lexiphanic, linguistic, lofty, long-winded,
      lurid, magniloquent, meretricious, mouthy, oratorical, ornate,
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      overinvolved, overwrought, pedantic, poetic, pompous, pretentious,
      prolix, purple, sensational, sensationalistic, sententious,
      sesquipedalian, showy, sonorous, stilted, stylistic, swelling,
      swollen, tall, tortuous, tumescent, tumid, turgid, unanswerable,
      vocal, voluble, windy, wordy