adjective
- relating to or consisting of anecdotes; based on personal accounts rather than systematic evidence
Usage: often used in academic or formal contexts
Examples
- The researcher dismissed the anecdotic evidence as unreliable.
- Her anecdotic approach to history made the lecture engaging but unscholarly.
- The book contains mostly anecdotic material about famous writers.
- Critics argued that his anecdotic method lacked scientific rigor.
- The documentary relied heavily on anecdotic interviews with survivors.
- While anecdotic stories are entertaining, they don’t prove causation.