oratorical

Adjective
US[aw-ruh-taw-ruh-kuhl]/ˌɔrəˈtɔrəkəl/5 syllables

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. characteristic of an orator or oratory“oratorical prose”“harangued his men in an oratorical way — Robert Graves”Opposite unrhetoricalSimilar rhetorical

Related words orator noun, oratory noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Or′a·tor′ic·al adjective

Of or pertaining to an orator or to oratory; characterized by oratory; rhetorical; becoming to an orator; as, an oratorical triumph; an oratorical essay. — Or′wb-a2′>′a·tor′wb-a1′>′ic·al·ly, adverb

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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