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senatorial

[sen-uh-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-] / ˌsɛn əˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr- /
ADJECTIVE
legislative
Synonyms
STRONGEST
congressional parliamentary
WEAK
decreeing enacting jurisdictive lawgiving legislational legislatorial nomistic nomothetic ordaining parliamentarian statute-making synodical
ADJECTIVE
oratorical
Synonyms
STRONGEST
stylistic
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bombastic declamatory dramatic elaborate elocutionary eloquent expressive fervid forceful gesticulative gesturing grandiloquent impassioned important imposing inflated intoning lofty long-winded loud noble noisy orotund ostentatious persuasive pompous stagy stentorian theatrical tumid verbose vivid
Antonyms
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natural simple undramatic

Example Sentences

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There are city council elections, county commission elections, state legislative elections, congressional elections, senatorial elections, gubernatorial elections, and presidential elections.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

Next came Didius Julianus, a senatorial aristocrat who achieved the throne by bribing the guardsmen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Both say that Chairman Cash should have allowed them to exercise their senatorial courtesy to speak outside of public comment and reasonably exceed the two-minute limit.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2025

Mid-term elections are due in May next year, in which the entire lower house and half of the 24 senatorial seats will be contested.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2024

Brinker drew one of his deep senatorial breaths, but he found nothing to say.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles