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ORATORICAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characteristic of an orator or oratory
Example:
harangued his men in an oratorical way
Classified under:
Similar:
rhetorical (given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought)
Derivation:
orator (a person who delivers a speech or oration)
oratory (addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous))