Adjective : His oratorical prowess has led to political success. ,an oratorical speaker. From Dictionary.com.
Graham has some less oratorically skilled compatriots in exclusivity. From Wordnik.com. [Tucson memorial speakers 'scoff at Jesus': Frankin Graham] Reference
The number fifty therefore is given oratorically rather than accurately. From Wordnik.com. [The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus] Reference
At last he cleared his throat, oratorically, and then she promptly interrupted him. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
Morlock, however, is not given to huge rantypants oratorically declamatory scenery-chewing. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
As Julebba's voice rose oratorically, Ki-Gor searched the up-lifted faces below and was reassured. From Wordnik.com. [Death Stalks The Ruins]
As he drank, my father became ever more ingratiating and expansive, gesturing and speaking oratorically. From Wordnik.com. [Borrowed Finery, A Memoir]
She ran rings around him oratorically, but as far as the viewer/voters cared, he proved he could stand erect and he didn't drool. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-09-26] Reference
He waved his horrid hand at me — he struck his infectious breast — he addressed me oratorically, as if I was laid up in the House of Commons. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman in White] Reference
I don't know if you can do the colloquial in singing, but I want it to be speech, exchanging conversation, not addressing each other oratorically. From Wordnik.com. [Putting Antigone's World in Context] Reference
And, to not entirely disappoint the left, the idea that the impressively articulate Ms. Palin will run against the oratorically-challenged President. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrity Politics-The Politics of Celebrity] Reference
Neither of the two candidates are a dream come true, but McCain is obviously the lesser of the two evils, no matter how composed and oratorically skilled Obama is. From Wordnik.com. [The first 100 days: What to expect in an Obama presidency] Reference
Other means of self-expression for those oratorically bent, were those formal exhibitions of which the long-popular annual Junior Exhibition was the most prominent. From Wordnik.com. [The University of Michigan] Reference
He paused oratorically and then in a voice of indescribable disgust he said: “They merely asked me to wait in patience till the Dawn of the Proletariat Day in Britain.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Nursing Home Murder]
Peter Himmel ambled up, owlish now and oratorically inclined. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Jazz Age] Reference
Men aim to speak earnestly and convincingly, but not oratorically. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Harvest] Reference
"Why is the project taking so long?" asked Henriquez oratorically. From Wordnik.com. [KeysNews.com -] Reference
"I tell you it is so," he said oratorically and dogmatically to the others. From Wordnik.com. [Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond] Reference
I loved the democratic "fellow citizens" -- so pat and oratorically French. From Wordnik.com. [On the Edge of the War Zone From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes] Reference
But in the midst of it he felt impelled to make a speech, and raised his voice oratorically. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter III] Reference
"Every little quarrel is an apple knocked from the tree of love," she announced oratorically. From Wordnik.com. [When a Man Marries] Reference
He waved his hand oratorically as he spoke, and tipped the ink-bottle off the arm of the chair. From Wordnik.com. [The Simpkins Plot] Reference
I take the liberty of making the remark, as one who has fought with beasts (oratorically) in divers arenas. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 3 (of 3), 1836-1870] Reference
The third debate was also the one in which John McCain came out fighting against his oratorically gifted opponent. From Wordnik.com. [INI Signal] Reference
Steadying himself by one of the quarter stanchions, he waved his right hand oratorically towards the sinking coast. From Wordnik.com. [The Crusade of the Excelsior] Reference
There is, to be sure, a considerable amount of quotation, and men do speak at some length, but seldom oratorically. From Wordnik.com. [The Greatest English Classic] Reference
"Got out, sir," continued the proprietor, waving one hand about oratorically, and dabbing his bald head with his hand. From Wordnik.com. [Glyn Severn's Schooldays] Reference
Nevertheless, his funeral oration on Henri de Bourbon was considered at the time equal oratorically to any of Bousset's. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne] Reference
It is possibly my fault that I have failed, oratorically, to convey to the gentlemen of the jury the full force and significance of the defendant's signals. From Wordnik.com. [Openings in the Old Trail] Reference
We might have addressed him as Daniel Webster, according to the time-worn story, once addressed Mount Washington; but neither of us felt oratorically inclined. From Wordnik.com. [The Foot-path Way] Reference
You ask me, sir,” said Fox oratorically: “‘What’s the man’s motive?’ ”. From Wordnik.com. [The Nursing Home Murder]
I see!” went on Jephson, oratorically and loudly, having the jury and audience in mind. From Wordnik.com. [An American Tragedy] Reference
"Max rations," I went on oratorically, "are supposed to be tamper-proof, but this is plain burglary. From Wordnik.com. [The Space Merchants]
Benham could use that phrase as oratorically as you do, for it rolls easily off the tongue and commits one to nothing. ". From Wordnik.com. [One Man in His Time] Reference
"Three things," said the rector, apropos of something or other, and rather oratorically, "are required by the normal man. From Wordnik.com. [Dangerous Days] Reference
A brief yet gallant interview, in which he oratorically expressed the gratitude of the settlement with old-fashioned Southern courtesy. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation] Reference
"Take any form but this" -- Mr. Boland inflated his chest and held himself oratorically erect -- "and my firm nerves shall never tremble!. From Wordnik.com. [Copper Streak Trail] Reference
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