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ORATORICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oratorical mean? 

ORATORICAL (adjective)
  The adjective ORATORICAL has 1 sense:

1. characteristic of an orator or oratoryplay

  Familiarity information: ORATORICAL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ORATORICAL (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Characteristic of an orator or oratory

Context example:

harangued his men in an oratorical way

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))


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