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/ɨˈlɛŋktɪk/ · adjective
Serving to refute, refutative, especially as part of a systematic interrogation; pertaining to rhetorical elenchus or cross-examination..
‘What lady?’ he asked in the elenctic tones of Lewis Carroll's caterpillar.
Use elenctic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Elenctic means Serving to refute, refutative, especially as part of a systematic interrogation; pertaining to rhetorical elenchus or cross-examination..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
‘What lady?’ he asked in the elenctic tones of Lewis Carroll's caterpillar.
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