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Definition of Anecdotal

1. Adjective. Having the character of an anecdote. "Anecdotal evidence"

2. Adjective. Characterized by or given to telling anecdotes. "He was at his anecdotic best"

Definition of Anecdotal

1. a. Pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes; as, anecdotal conversation.

Definition of Anecdotal

1. Adjective. Of the nature of or relating to an anecdote. ¹

2. Adjective. Containing or abounding in anecdotes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Anecdotal

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Anecdotal

1. Report of clinical experiences based in individual cases, rather than an organised investigation with appropriate controls, etc. Origin: G. Anekdota, unpublished items, fr. An-priv + ekidomi, to publish (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anecdotal

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anecdata anecdota anecdotae anecdotage anecdotages anecdotal (current term) anecdotal evidence anecdotalism anecdotalisms anecdotalist

anecdotalists anecdotally anecdote anecdotes anecdotic anecdotical anecdotically anecdotist anecdotists anecdotive

Literary usage of Anecdotal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1830)
"... and Topographical Preface, and anecdotal Annotations. By John Britton, FSA ILLUSTRATED by the learning and research of a Britton, and embellished by the ..."

2. Rural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford by William Cobbett (1908)
"In the present sketch I have striven merely to furnish an anecdotal record of the leading features of Cobbett's character, ..."

3. Mind in Evolution by Leonard Trelawney Hobhouse (1901)
"There is, in fact, a good deal of evidence of the anecdotal kind suggesting the existence of intelligence of this grade below the Primates. ..."

4. The Ancient Lowly: A History of the Ancient Working People from the Earliest by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1900)
"... of Salvation—The Slave Marts—Cheap Humanity—The Poor longed for the Right of Marriage—Power of Inscriptions and anecdotal History—Cruelties of Paul'- . ..."

5. Rural Rides: In the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford by William Cobbett (1885)
"In the , present sketch I have striven merely to furnish an ^ anecdotal record of the leading features of Cobbett's character, and of points of interest in ..."

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