anecdotic

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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

You see, Julia is like a game of tennis, or a pleasant picture of the anecdotic kind.

From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Robins, Elizabeth

But as a novelist he does not seem to me to be of much importance, nor even as a tale-teller, except of the anecdotic kind.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

The anecdotic history of John Gabriel Borkman is even scantier than that of Little Eyolf.

From John Gabriel Borkman by Archer, William

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