"rhetorically" meaning in English

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          "sense": "in a rhetorical manner",
          "word": "rétoricky"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in a rhetorical manner",
          "word": "retorisesti"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in a rhetorical manner",
          "word": "rhétoriquement"
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          "roman": "ritoričeski",
          "sense": "in a rhetorical manner",
          "word": "риторически"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in a rhetorical manner",
          "word": "retóricamente"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "in a rhetorical manner",
          "word": "retoriskt"
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        "With reference to rhetoric."
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in a rhetorical manner",
      "word": "rétoricky"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a rhetorical manner",
      "word": "retorisesti"
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    {
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      "sense": "in a rhetorical manner",
      "word": "rhétoriquement"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ritoričeski",
      "sense": "in a rhetorical manner",
      "word": "риторически"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a rhetorical manner",
      "word": "retóricamente"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in a rhetorical manner",
      "word": "retoriskt"
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