— rhetorically , adv. — rhetoricalness n.
/ri tawr"i keuhl, -tor"-/ , adj.
1. used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
2. marked by or tending to use bombast.
3. of, concerned with, or having the nature of rhetoric.
[ 1470-80; rhetoric ( us ) ( rhetorikós ) + -AL 1 ]
Syn. 1. verbal, stylistic, oratorical.