the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to an orator or to oratory; characterized by oratory; rhetorical; becoming to an orator
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Pertaining to an orator or to oratory; rhetorical; becoming, befitting, or necessary to an orator: as, oratorical flourishes; to speak in an oratorical way.
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adj. characteristic of an orator or oratory
Word Usage
"I became interested in words I suppose mainly in high school, because in those days people had what they called oratorical contests."