Her question was largely rhetorical, as Sylveste well knew.

It seems to me that this explanation is largely rhetorical and does not get to the crux of the matter.

The question by now is largely rhetorical in England.

Instead of listening hard to what they were saying, I assumed the violence of the language to be largely rhetorical.

A quick poll revealed that Sweet William's question had been largely rhetorical.

All know his question is largely rhetorical, and so they do not answer.

We have always recognized that Reagan's achievement at home was largely rhetorical, his use of the bully Presidential pulpit.

But so far, his commitment to economic reform has remained largely rhetorical, apparently in anticipation of the actual Gref program.

I can't make the leap from a largely rhetorical field of analysis to experimental fields that report new data.

Lane's protests had been largely rhetorical, though sincere.