Source : 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.