rhetorical
adjective
rhe·tor·i·cal
ri-ˈtȯr-i-kəl
-ˈtär-
variants
or less commonly rhetoric
ri-ˈtȯr-ik
-ˈtär-
1
a
: of, relating to, or concerned with rhetoric
b
: employed for rhetorical effect
especially
: asked merely for effect with no answer expected
a rhetorical question
2
a
: given to rhetoric : grandiloquent
b
: verbal
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