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Anecdotal

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Adjective

1. anecdotal

having the character of an anecdote

Example Sentences:
'anecdotal evidence'

2. anecdotal, anecdotic, anecdotical

characterized by or given to telling anecdotes

Example Sentences:
'anecdotal conversation'
'an anecdotal history of jazz'
'he was at his anecdotic best'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Anecdotal

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adjective
containing or consisting exclusively of anecdotes rather than connected discourse or research conducted under controlled conditions

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Anecdotal

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adjective
1. 
of or like an anecdote
2. 
full of anecdotes
3. 
based on personal experience or reported observations unverified by controlled experiments
anecdotal evidence

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Anecdotal

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adj.
1. also an·ec·dot·ic (-dŏtĭk) or an·ec·dot·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) Of, characterized by, or full of anecdotes.
2. Based on casual observations or indications rather than rigorous or scientific analysis: "There are anecdotal reports of children poisoned by hot dogs roasted over a fire of the [oleander] stems" (C. Claiborne Ray).

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