rhetorical

Of or relating to rhetoric.

Characterized by overelaborate or bombastic rhetoric.

Used for persuasive effect.

Pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing rhetoric; oratorical: as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish.

In some colleges in the United States, rhetorical exercises (declamations, etc.) held publicly before all the students of the college.

Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical

Part of or similar to rhetoric, which is the use of language as a means to persuade.

Not earnest, or presented only for the purpose of an argument

of or relating to rhetoric

given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought