declamatory
[dih-klam-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
adjective
pertaining to or characterized by declamation.
merely oratorical or rhetorical; stilted: a pompous, declamatory manner of speech.
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Contemporary Examples of declamatory
All written in a similar mode: authoritative, declamatory, distant, dispassionate, impersonal, and (allegedly) neutral.
Historical Examples of declamatory
Presently his humour changed, and he passed into the declamatory stage.
Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2)William Delisle Hay
He does not move us by declamatory gestures and forced attitudes.
But declamation was not essential to his success, which was to be achieved in anything but a declamatory fashion.
“You are greatly mistaken,” said Lucilia in a declamatory tone.
Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2Ernst Eckstein
His letters to the "Hereditary bondsmen" were diffuse and declamatory.
Bits of BlarneyR. Shelton Mackenzie
declamatory
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