| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|tȯrə̇kəl, -tär-, -rēk- adjective
also or·a·tor·ic -rik, -rēk
Etymology: orator & oratory + -ical, -ic
1. : of, relating to, or suggestive of an orator or oratory : rhetorical
the pomp and glitter of oratorical prose — Pedro Salinas
the letters grow more oratorical — T.L.Robertson
harangued his men in an oratorical way — Robert Graves
2. : given to oratory
• or·a·tor·i·cal·ly -rə̇k(ə)lē, -rēk-, -li adverb