RHETORICALLY

Meaning of RHETORICALLY in English

[adverb]"Why has he gone to the meeting when there is nothing new to discuss?" she asked rhetorically.

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

RHETORICALLY — adverb see: rhetorical
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RHETORICALLY — -rə̇k(ə)lē, -rēk-, -li adverb : with respect to rhetoric : for rhetorical effect : in a rhetorical manner aim has …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RHETORICALLY — adv. bombastically, pompously; in a rhetorical manner
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
RHETORICALLY — see rhetorical
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RHETORICALLY — ➡ rhetorical
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RHETORICALLY — See main entry: ↑ rhetorical
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RHETORICALLY — see rhetorical
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RHETORICALLY — see rhetorical
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ELOQUER — [-loqu-/-locut-] v to declaim, speak rhetorically
Interlingua English vocab
DECLAIM — verb see: low Date: 14th century intransitive verb to speak rhetorically, to speak pompously or bombastically ; harangue , transitive …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
APOSTROPHE — I. noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek apostrophē, literally, act of turning away, from apostrephein to turn away, from apo- + …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TROPICAL — I. ˈträpə̇kəl, -pēk-, in sense 2 ˈtrōp- adjective Etymology: tropic (I) + -al 1. a. (1) : of, relating to, …
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DELLA-CRUSCAN — I. |delə|krəskən adjective Usage: usually capitalized D&C Etymology: Accademia della Crusca, Florentine academy founded 1582 for the cultivation of the …
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COMMUNIST — I. -myənə̇st, chiefly in substand speech -m(ə)n- noun ( -s ) Etymology: French communiste, from commun + -iste -ist 1. …
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PARALEIPSIS — ˌparəˈlīpsə̇s, -lāp- noun or para·lep·sis -lep- ; or para·lip·sis -lip- ( plural paraleip·ses or paralep·ses or paralip·ses -p(ˌ)sēz) Etymology: Late …
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DUBIOUS — ˈd(y)übēəs adjective Etymology: Latin dubius, from dubare to doubt, vacillate, from duo two — more at two 1. : occasioning …
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DECLAIM — də̇ˈklām, dēˈ- verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: alteration (influenced by claim ) of earlier declame, from Middle English declamen, from …
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COUPLET — ˈkəplə̇t noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French, diminutive of couple pair — more at couple 1. : two successive …
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TROPICAL — (n.) Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being of the nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical.
Английский словарь Webster
PRONOUNCE — (v. t.) To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as, to pronounce an oration.
Английский словарь Webster
DECLAIM — (v. i.) To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, …
Английский словарь Webster
TROPICAL — ( n. ) Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being of the nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRONOUNCE — ( v. t. ) To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as, to pronounce an oration.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DECLAIM — ( v. i. ) To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RHETORICAL — — rhetorically , adv. — rhetoricalness n. /ri tawr"i keuhl, -tor"-/ , adj. 1. used for, belonging to, or concerned …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
JOHNSONESE — /jon'seuh neez", -nees"/ , n. a literary style characterized by rhetorically balanced, often pompous phraseology and an excessively Latinate vocabulary: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DECLAIM — verb Etymology: Middle English declamen, from Latin declamare, from de- + clamare to cry out; akin to Latin calare to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DECLAIM — [de.claim] vb [ME declamen, fr. L declamare, fr. de- + clamare to cry out; akin to L calare to call--more …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RHETORICAL — / rɪˈtɒrɪkl; NAmE -ˈtɔːr-; -ˈtɑːr-/ adjective 1. ( of a question ) asked only to make a statement or to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RHETORICAL — 1. A rhetorical question is one which is asked in order to make a statement rather than to get an …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

Cambridge English vocab

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