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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

         They permit him to leave their poetical taste
         ungratified, provided that he gratifies their
         rhetorical sense.                        --M. Arnold.
   -- {Rhe*tor"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Rhe*tor"ic*al*ness}, n.

資料來源 : WordNet®

rhetorically
     adv : in a rhetorical manner; "`What can be done?' he asked
           rhetorically"