rhetorically

1. 1.

   in a rhetorical manner

   “`What can be done?' he asked rhetorically”

Questions about rhetorically

What does rhetorically mean?

rhetorically means "in a rhetorical manner".

How many syllables are in rhetorically?

rhetorically has 4 syllables: rheto-ri-cal-ly. The stress falls on "ri". In IPA it is /ɹəˈtɔɹɪkli/.

Is rhetorically a common word?

rhetorically is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.