Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a rhetorical manner; according to the rules of rhetoric: as, to treat a subject rhetorically; a discourse rhetorically delivered.
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- adverb In a
rhetorical manner. - adverb With reference to
rhetoric .
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- adverb in a rhetorical manner
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Examples
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But simply pointing out problems, and waxing rhetorically, is not enough.
Scott Harshbarger: Yes We Can Reduce Urban Violence (Part I) Scott Harshbarger 2010
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(Of course, rhetorically is a critical modifier — there are the arguments that the right wants a Court to make law like a legislature as well, but to get there from your comment required assuming more subtlety in your critique than I usually read into a blog comment.)
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Of course this is true, but you did not merely put a name to it; you called rhetorically, for an action in response to it, and then you used this reversal of the objectifying gaze/logic–which I will say again is not a way out of a patriarchal view of the body–to justify that call.
Phyllis Schlafly: Punishing Spousal Rape Like Rape Is Malicious 2006
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I know that blogging rhetorically is probably a mistake, but I have time and it’s a wonderful way to close a bunch of tabs, and contemplate about our existence.
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Giuliani’s sole reliance on military force and attacking people rhetorically is in fact a defensive posture that won’t work.
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Giuliani’s sole reliance on military force and attacking people rhetorically is in fact a defensive posture that won’t work.
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Giuliani’s sole reliance on military force and attacking people rhetorically is in fact a defensive posture that won’t work.
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Giuliani’s sole reliance on military force and attacking people rhetorically is in fact a defensive posture that won’t work.
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What I take issue with is his championing the idea rhetorically, but not pursuing it tenaciously.
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That said, Brown gave a good account of himself rhetorically, which is what this debate is primarily about.
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