anecdotic

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In discussing catastrophes, the Duke indulges in statements, partly scientific, partly anecdotic, which appear to me to be somewhat misleading.

From Collected Essays, Volume V Science and Christian Tradition: Essays by Huxley, Thomas Henry

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

The figures in the former position are religious and supernatural, those in the interior historical and anecdotic.

From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir

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