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Meaning of elenctic | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

/ɨˈlɛŋktɪk/

Definitions

Serving to refute, refutative, especially as part of a systematic interrogation; pertaining to rhetorical elenchus or cross-examination.

Examples

“‘What lady?’ he asked in the elenctic tones of Lewis Carroll's caterpillar.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

eleostearic elephant's elephant's trunk elephantesque elephantiac elephantiasic