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anecdotic

[an-ik-dot-ik] / ˌæn ɪkˈdɒt ɪk /


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Even of anecdotic history very little attaches to it.

From Little Eyolf by Archer, William

For the rest, Asolando is a miscellany of old and new,—bright loose drift from the chance moods of genius, or bits of anecdotic lumber carefully recovered and refurbished, as in prescience of the nearing end.

From Robert Browning by Herford, C. H. (Charles Harold)

Molly Ryan, the one sole domestic servant who accompanied the Luttrells, being of an uncommunicative temper, contributed no anecdotic details of in-door life to stimulate interest and keep curiosity alive.

From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James

In the Renaissance painters, on the other hand, with their descriptive preoccupations, their literary and anecdotic interests, he could see nothing but vulgarity and muddle.

From Art by Bell, Clive

The anecdotic life of Herschel, however, is now closed.

From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Grant, Robert




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