Antonyms for rhetorical question

Grammar : Noun

Definition of rhetorical question

As in open question : noun undecided issue
As in answer : noun reply; reaction

Example sentences :

It is no long step from this to the rhetorical question and its formal answer "ay but——."
Extract from : « John Lyly » by John Dover Wilson

It is a rhetorical question purely, but she does not want to play.
Extract from : « Seductio Ad Absurdum » by Emily Hahn

Hush, Charles; it's a rhetorical question; he wants to answer it himself.
Extract from : « Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays » by Various

Yet a rhetorical question deserves to be raised: Does anyone know everything about sex?
Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin

He emitted a tremulous sigh before answering his own rhetorical question.
Extract from : « The Competitive Nephew » by Montague Glass

For a moment he was pulled up, when to his rhetorical question, "What has Home Rule meant to us?"
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, April 7, 1920 » by Various

Carlisle perceived a rhetorical question, though she didn't know it under that name; she made no reply.
Extract from : « V. V.'s Eyes » by Henry Sydnor Harrison

Synonyms for rhetorical question

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