Antonyms of adj unrhetorical

1 sense of unrhetorical

Sense 1
unrhetorical (vs. rhetorical) -- (not rhetorical)

rhetorical (vs. unrhetorical) -- (given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery")
        => bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid -- (ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose")
        => flowery, ornate -- (marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton)
        => empurpled, over-embellished, purple -- (excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away")
        => forensic -- (of, relating to, or used in public debate or argument)
        => grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall -- (lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying")
        => oratorical -- (characteristic of an orator or oratory; "oratorical prose"; "harangued his men in an oratorical way"- Robert Graves)
        => poetic, poetical -- (characteristic of or befitting poetry; "poetic diction")
        => stylistic -- (of or relating to style (especially in the use of language); "stylistic devices")

Similarity of adj unrhetorical

1 sense of unrhetorical

Sense 1
unrhetorical (vs. rhetorical) -- (not rhetorical)
       => matter-of-fact, prosaic -- (not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a prosaic and unimaginative essay")
       => plainspoken -- (using simple and direct language; "a plainspoken country doctor")
          Also See-> informal#3; literal#3; plain#2

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