-rə̇k(ə)lē, -rēk-, -li adverb
: with respect to rhetoric : for rhetorical effect : in a rhetorical manner
aim has been to punctuate as lightly as possible, and rhetorically rather than grammatically — J.R.Sutherland
threw up her hands and asked rhetorically what was going to happen to them now — Louis Auchincloss