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Elocutionary

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adj. Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Pertaining to elocution.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Of or pertaining to elocution.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. of or relating to elocution

adj. (used of style of speaking) overly embellished

Word Usage

"One should hasten to say, however, that over-nicety in enunciation, pedantic exactness, obtrusive "elocutionary" excellence, or any sort of labored or affected effort should be carefully guarded against."

Equivalent

affected unnatural

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