Anecdotal evidence suggests that sales in Europe have slipped.
...countless anecdotal reports.
Gray's book is anecdotal and entertaining.
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Anecdotal — An ec*do tal, a. Pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes; as, anecdotal conversation. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
anecdotal — [an΄ik dōt′ l, an΄ekdōt′ l] adj. 1. of or like an anecdote 2. full of anecdotes 3. based on personal experience or reported observations unverified by controlled experiments [anecdotal evidence] … English World dictionary
anecdotal — index narrative Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
anecdotal — (adj.) 1794, from ANECDOTE (Cf. anecdote) + AL (Cf. al) (1). Related: Anecdotally. Anecdotical is attested from 1744 … Etymology dictionary
anecdotal — [adj] informal based on hearsay, unreliable, unscientific; concept 589 Ant. scientific … New thesaurus
anecdotal — adjective Date: 1836 1. a. of, relating to, or consisting of anecdotes < an anecdotal biography > b. anecdotic 2 < my anecdotal uncle > 2. based on or consisting of reports or observations of usually unscientific observers < anecdotal … New Collegiate Dictionary
anecdotal — adjective 1. having the character of an anecdote anecdotal evidence • Pertains to noun: ↑anecdote • Derivationally related forms: ↑anecdote 2. characterized by or given to telling anecdotes anecdotal conversation an an … Useful english dictionary
anecdotal — anecdotalism, n. anecdotally, adv. /an ik doht l, an ik doht l/, adj. 1. pertaining to, resembling, or containing anecdotes: an anecdotal history of jazz. 2. (of the treatment of subject matter in representational art) pertaining to the… … Universalium
anecdotal — adjective consisting of short stories based on someone s personal experience: Tom gave an anecdotal account of his recent trip to Morocco. | His findings are based on anecdotal evidence rather than serious research … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
anecdotal — adj. Anecdotal is used with these nouns: ↑evidence, ↑information, ↑report … Collocations dictionary
