Definitions
Related to persuasive speech or asked for effect.
Word origin
From Middle English rethorycal, rethoricalle, rethorycall, from rethorik, rhetoric (noun) or Latin rēthoricus, rhētoricus, from Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós, “concerning public speaking”). By surface analysis, rhetoric + -al.
Used in a sentence
“'"Are you an idiot? Actually, don't answer that, it was rhetorical."”
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