anecdotic

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Even anecdotic etymologies accepted by the most cautious modern authorities do not always inspire complete confidence.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

Among the artists identified with this movement there was The pre-Raphaelites. little really in common except in impatience of the prevailing modes of empty academic convention or anecdotic frivolity.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

At the same time biographical and anecdotic details please most people, and if they are not allowed to shoulder out criticism altogether, there can be no harm in them.

From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by Saintsbury, George

Her importance is thus very great: and it only wanted the proverbial or anecdotic "That!" to make it much greater.

From The English Novel by Saintsbury, George

I can, it is true, be witty, anecdotic, and agreeable; I can spice conversation with epigram, and illustrate argument by apt example; but my forte is tenderness.

From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Lever, Charles James