Rhetorically is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Rhetorically meaning
- In a rhetorical manner.
- With reference to rhetoric.
Using Rhetorically
- The main meaning on this page is: In a rhetorical manner. | With reference to rhetoric.
- In the example corpus, rhetorically often appears in combinations such as: asked rhetorically, rhetorically adding, least rhetorically.
Context around Rhetorically
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rhetorically
- In this selection, "rhetorically" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, asked, putin, audience, adding, reject and asking stand out and add context to how "rhetorically" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include again asked rhetorically and at least rhetorically support for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rhetorically" sits close to words such as aaf, aalen and abrogated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rhetorically
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Portnoy once again asked rhetorically. (5 words)
Biden has addressed the perils, but only rhetorically. (8 words)
Callow countered that point by rhetorically asking why have a ZBA. (11 words)
According to her, all the 40 stations on the DTT platform apart from GBC and Crystal TV have one channel and so "has that affected their ability to transmit their information to the world?" she asked rhetorically. (37 words)
Hassan asked rhetorically, adding that once permission to start using the park was granted, they would start using it because most of them don't like parking by the roadside. (30 words)
His crime: asking rhetorically, in response to local newspaper posing the question of whether Finns were alcoholic due to genetic characteristics, whether Somalis were chronically unemployed for the same reasons. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
But I think that Logan Roy would, rhetorically, reject any suggestion that he didn’t love his children to the utmost.
But it is worth noting that while Beijing has backed Putin rhetorically, it has not delivered military or much economic aid to Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine.
Callow countered that point by rhetorically asking why have a ZBA.
Hassan asked rhetorically, adding that once permission to start using the park was granted, they would start using it because most of them don't like parking by the roadside.
Portnoy once again asked rhetorically.
Their friendship may be doing well rhetorically, but Islamabad’s reliance on Chinese money is creating complications for Pakistan.
The mainstream leadership of both parties has over recent years signaled, at least rhetorically, support for undoing even more.
Biden has addressed the perils, but only rhetorically.
Elmo is glad he asked,” Elmo posted less than two days later, employing the most rhetorically loaded “wow” imaginable.
How did Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal make it into the match instead of Los Matadores, the recapper asked rhetorically.
Huckabee asked his audience rhetorically at a taping of his “Huckabee” show.
Shadow’s question is directed rhetorically at a “young fellah” who is hoping to make it in life without having done the essential groundwork.
Western leaders have not only backed rhetorically by Israel on Gaza, but they have provided diplomatic cover, weapons and other military assistance.
According to her, all the 40 stations on the DTT platform apart from GBC and Crystal TV have one channel and so "has that affected their ability to transmit their information to the world?" she asked rhetorically.
This has left the Palestinian parties in Israel bereft of their traditional role promoting the Palestinian cause, either rhetorically or substantively.
While China is good at rhetorically trumpeting the values that underline much of the multilateral system, its actions don’t match up.
His crime: asking rhetorically, in response to local newspaper posing the question of whether Finns were alcoholic due to genetic characteristics, whether Somalis were chronically unemployed for the same reasons.
How are those workers treated?” she asked rhetorically, adding that acknowledgment of the treatment of sugar harvesters is part of its policy.
I found the inaudible screams (I imagine they were about deportation) addressed to Biden more rhetorically persuasive than anything that had been uttered all night.
So, I think there’s a little bit of hope there that somehow this thing will drag along in a rhetorically heated but not militarily engaged sense.
Common combinations with rhetorically
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: