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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rhetorical \Rhe*tor"ic*al\, a. [L. rhetoricus Gr ????. See
{Rhetoric}.]
Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to or exhibiting,
rhetoric; oratorical; as the rhetorical art; a rhetorical
treatise; a rhetorical flourish.
They permit him to leave their poetical taste
ungratified, provided that he gratifies their
rhetorical sense --M. Arnold.
-- {Rhe*tor"ic*al*ly}, adv -- {Rhe*tor"ic*al*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
rhetorically
adv : in a rhetorical manner; "`What can be done?' he asked
rhetorically"
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