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ORATORICAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characteristic of an orator or oratory

Example:

harangued his men in an oratorical way

Classified under:

Adjectives

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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