0 expressing something with strong feeling, especially in a loud voice or with forceful language: --
a declamatory style
We have lost the real sting and bitterness of invective, and the form and force and power of declamatory eloquence.
The nature of his address, though complimentary in tone, was that of a declamatory statement of intent.
If we agreed with that argument, then we at once clear away a lot of declamatory rhetoric which, unfortunately, impedes our vision.
Holzbauer eschews vocal virtuosity in favour of short declamatory phrases with dramatic leaps.
The new emphasis on publication furthered the demise of the oral university and with it the centrality of disputations, the oral examination, and the declamatory or dictational style of lecture.
Walker's voice is more declamatory than musical, suited for oral recitation of the short, selfcontained lines.
I quoted the relevant letters earlier, but now that we know the context and the histrionic and declamatory innovations to which they perhaps refer, they are worth revisiting.
Arioso here refers to lyrical oases within declamatory passages; these oases were shorter and less formal than arias.
