rhetorical
/rɪˈtɒrɪk(ə)l/
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American sound/rɪˈtɒrɪk(ə)l/
rɪˈtɒrɪkəl
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rɪ - ˈtɒrɪkəl -> rhetorical
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rhetorical /rÇ'tɒrÇkl;US -'tↄ:r-/ adj
(ဤအဘိဓာန်၌ rhet ဟု အတိုကောက်သုံးသည်။ )
၁။ အလင်္ကာ။ the rhetorical devices of classical literature.
၂။ (often derog ) လေတစ်လုံးမိုးတစ်လုံး ဟိန်းလွန်းသော။ rhetorical speeches.
၃။ အဖြေမတောင်းသော (မေးခွန်း)။ ‘What can I do?’ he asked. It was a rhetorical question. rhetorically /-kli/ adv : ‘Why me?’ she asked rhetorically.
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metaphorical, symbolic, metaphoric, allegorical, not literal, emblematic, abstract, articulate, aureate, bombastic, contrived, declamatory, effusive, eloquent, embellished, euphuistic, exaggerated, flamboyant, flashy, florid, fluent, glib, grand, grandiloquent, grandiose, high-flown, highfalutin, hyperbolic, imposing, inflated, linguistic, magniloquent, mouthy, oratorical, ornate, ostentatious, overblown, overdone, overwrought, periphrastic, pompous, pretentious, showy, silver-tongued, sonorous, stilted, stylistic, swollen, theatrical, tumescent, tumid, turgid, verbal, verbose, vocal, voluble, windy
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