rhetorical (adj.)

  1. of or relating to rhetoric; accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested- W.A.White; the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation- Lewis Mumford

  2. given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; mere rhetorical frippery'

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