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UNRHETORICAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Not rhetorical

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

matter-of-fact; prosaic (not fanciful or imaginative)

plainspoken (using simple and direct language)

Also:

informal (used of spoken and written language)

literal (limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text)

plain (not elaborate or elaborated; simple)

Antonym:

rhetorical (given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought)

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