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Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme.

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  1. a. Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme.
  2. a. Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; as, a declamatory way or style.
  3. adj. ostentatiously lofty in style
  4. 1. Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme. 2. Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; as, a declamatory way or style.
  5. j:100 s ostentatiously lofty in style