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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : awr-uh-tawr-i-kuh l, or-uh-tor- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɔr əˈtɔr ɪ kəl, ˌɒr əˈtɒr- |
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Définition of oratorical
Origin :- 1580s, from orator or oratory + -ical, or else from Latin oratorius (see oratory (n.1)). Related: Oratorical; oratorically.
- adj rhetorical
- adj characteristic of oratory
- The latter's address was, so the Item said, "a triumph of oratorical effort."
- Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- Never had his oratorical skill been exhibited to better advantage.
- Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird
- This contest, aside from its oratorical power, deserves a place in history.
- Extract from : « Hidden Treasures » by Harry A. Lewis
- Oratorical contests were frequent, and they excited popular interest.
- Extract from : « History of Education » by Levi Seeley
- If he had the oratorical powers of either of those men, he might do anything.
- Extract from : « Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay » by George Otto Trevelyan
- He purposed then to spring a surprise, oratorical and otherwise, on those assembled.
- Extract from : « Flamsted quarries » by Mary E. Waller
- His own oratorical efforts were usually brief, pithy, and to the point.
- Extract from : « Western Characters » by J. L. McConnel
- This oratorical display of mine gave me an ascendancy over him.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Complete » by George Meredith
- It was the biggest event of the school year—the oratorical contest.
- Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch
- We put up our candidate for the Oratorical Association presidency.
- Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch
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