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Meanings of purely rhetorical in English

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Usage of purely rhetorical in English
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The question was purely rhetorical, and the statement was perfectly correct.
The Penal Cluster
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The question was, or Farron chose to consider it, a purely rhetorical one.
The Happiest Time of Their Lives
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And who-this question is purely rhetorical-willyou appoint as Commissioner of Native Affairs?
Little Fuzzy
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Accepting these questions as purely rhetorical, Lanyard offered no comment.
Alias the Lone Wolf
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Cicero's evidence, almost a translation of the Greek passages already cited, Lobeck dismisses as purely rhetorical.
Myth, Ritual and Religion, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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It was not a purely rhetorical question.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
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Any one who knows the place as it is, must see that such questions are purely rhetorical.
The Works of Max Beerbohm
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The question, of course, was purely rhetorical.
The Tarn of Eternity
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Something about the tone of his voice or the reaction of the other children told me this was a purely rhetorical question.
The Name of the Wind
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Purely rhetorical, because she knew without having to ponder.
Street magic
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"Of course, I mean 'today' in the purely rhetorical sense."
James Potter and the Vault of Destinies
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"Can I refuse?" This was a purely rhetorical question, as Brother For likes to say.
Shadow prowler
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"Do you want to come out to the kitchen and talk?" It was a purely rhetorical question.
Daddy
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