Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In a rhetorical manner; according to the rules of rhetoric: as, to treat a subject rhetorically; a discourse rhetorically delivered.
Wiktionary
- adv. In a rhetorical manner.
- adv. With reference to rhetoric.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. in a rhetorical manner
Examples
“(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.)”
“But simply pointing out problems, and waxing rhetorically, is not enough.”
The Huffington Post: Scott Harshbarger: Yes We Can Reduce Urban Violence (Part I)
“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
“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.”
“Giuliani’s sole reliance on military force and attacking people rhetorically is in fact a defensive posture that won’t work.”
“What I take issue with is his championing the idea rhetorically, but not pursuing it tenaciously.”
“That said, Brown gave a good account of himself rhetorically, which is what this debate is primarily about.”
“Why, I ask myself rhetorically, that is when it's one of the most important jobs around - if you define the importance of a job by how much it reduces human misery and increases happiness and well-being.”
“He now understands the idea of rhetorically adequate process as a set of unavoidable yet counterfactual “pragmatic presuppositions” that participants must make if they are to regard the actual execution of dialectical procedures as a sufficiently severe critical test.”
“KURTZ: Finally, the Reuters News Agency has come under fire, rhetorically, that is, for its refusal to use the word terrorists in connection with the attacks.”
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