rhetorical
If you ask a rhetorical question it means you don’t necessarily expect an answer, but you do want an occasion to talk about something.
Rhetoric is the art of written or spoken communication. If you went to school a hundred years ago, your English class would have been called Rhetoric. But nowadays if we say something is rhetorical, we usually mean that it’s only good for talking. If you speak beautifully about carpentry but can’t ever actually build a cabinet, we might say you have lots of rhetorical flare, but very little real skill.
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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”
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given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought“mere rhetorical frippery”synonyms:fancynot plain; decorative or ornamentedforensicof, relating to, or used in public debate or argumentoratoricalcharacteristic of or related to the art or practice of public speakingstylisticof or relating to style (especially in the use of language)antonyms:unrhetoricalnot rhetoricalinformalused of spoken and written languageliterallimited to the explicit meaning of a word or textplainnot elaborate or elaborated; simpleplainspokenusing simple and direct language
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