rhetorical
adjective
[ rɪˈtɒrɪk(ə)l ]
• relating to or concerned with the art of rhetoric.
• "repetition is a common rhetorical device"
• (of a question) asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to elicit information.
• "the general intended his question to be purely rhetorical"
Origin:
late Middle English (first used in the sense ‘eloquently expressed’): via Latin from Greek rhētorikos (from rhētor ‘rhetor’) + -al.
