'Rhetorically' definitions:
Definition of 'rhetorically'
From: WordNet
adverb
In a rhetorical manner; "`What can be done?' he asked rhetorically"
Definition of 'Rhetorically'
From: GCIDE
- Rhetorical \Rhe*tor"ic*al\, a. [L. rhetoricus, Gr. ????. See Rhetoric.] Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish. [1913 Webster]
- They permit him to leave their poetical taste ungratified, provided that he gratifies their rhetorical sense. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] -- {Rhe*tor"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Rhe*tor"ic*al*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]