oratorical

Definition

of, or relating to oratory or an orator.

Etymology

From orator or oratory + -ical, or else from Latin ōrātōrius.

Example Sentences

• "A to'oto'o is a Sāmoan oratorical staff."
• "The rest were looking at Coker curiously. It was the first time they had heard him in one of his oratorical moods."
• "I reached up without thinking, actually a desperate oratorical gesture of disagreement and defiance."