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de•clam•a•to•ry
Pronunciation: (di-klam'u-tôr"ē, -tōr"ē), [key]—
adj.
1. pertaining to or characterized by declamation.
2. merely oratorical or rhetorical; stilted:
a pompous, declamatory manner of speech. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.