Anecdotal Definition & Meaning

anecdotal
adjective
  1. having the character of an anecdote; "anecdotal evidence"
  2. characterized by or given to telling anecdotes; "anecdotal conversation"; "an anecdotal history of jazz"; "he was at his anecdotic best"

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