[ adj ] characteristic of an orator or oratory <adj.all> oratorical proseharangued his men in an oratorical way
Oratorical \Or`a*tor"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to an orator or to oratory; characterized by oratory; rhetorical; becoming to an orator; as, an oratorical triumph; an oratorical essay. -- {Or`a*tor"ic*al*ly}, adv.
He was seven-years' Mr. Takeshita's junior at Waseda University, where both were members of the oratorical society.
Benjamin Zeev Begin, 44, not only looks like his father but he has some of the older politician's fiery oratorical style.
Stephen Garrison of Ward Howell International despairs that the current system puts too much stress on oratorical skills.
What he doesn't have is any experience in political office and he's erratic in many of his oratorical flights.
The latest statement from the White House on the tax bill drove Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd to oratorical levels previously unheard in Congress, but managers of the bill say it's still on track.
He now stands further to the left than any serious candidate for the presidency, and his race, membership in the clergy, and oratorical skills only serve to make his views more frightening to Middle America.
It is hard to believe that in that year, as DJ Wendon records, only five of Churchill's speeches were broadcast to the nation, for the prime minister's oratorical skills lay at the very heart of his mobilisation of the nation.