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rhetorically

rhetorically adverb: in a rhetorical manner.

Adverb

rhetorically (not comparable)

  1. In a rhetorical manner.
    • Bronx councilmember Rev. Wendell Foster rhetorically asked city council president Andrew Stein if he could cast two votes, being of "divided mind."1986 April 5, Bruce-Michael Gelbert, “NYC Grants Rights Bill to Lesbians, Gay Men”, in Gay Community News, page 3
  2. With reference to rhetoric.

rhetorically meaning in Bengali

rhetorically in Bengali

আলঙ্কারিক ভঙ্গিতে, অলঙ্কারশাস্ত্র সংক্রান্ত

Origin of rhetorically

From Middle English retorycally; equivalent to rhetorical + -ly.

Questions about rhetorically

What does rhetorically mean?
Rhetorically means in a rhetorical manner.
What is rhetorically in Bengali?
Rhetorically in Bengali is আলঙ্কারিক ভঙ্গিতে, অলঙ্কারশাস্ত্র সংক্রান্ত. See Rhetorically meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is rhetorically?
Rhetorically is an adverb.

Words near rhetorically in the dictionary

  1. rhetorical mode
  2. rhetorical modes
  3. rhetorical question
  4. rhetorical questions
  5. rhetoricality
  6. rhetorically
  7. rhetoricalness
  8. rhetoricals
  9. rhetoricate
  10. rhetoricated
  11. rhetoricates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rhetorically (page history and authors); rhetorically (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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