ALL meanings of anecdotal
an·ec·do·tal
A a - adjective anecdotal Anecdotal evidence is based on individual accounts, rather than on reliable research or statistics, and so may not be valid. 3
- graded adjective anecdotal Anecdotal speech or writing is full of anecdotes or is based on anecdotes. 3
- adjective anecdotal containing or consisting exclusively of anecdotes rather than connected discourse or research conducted under controlled conditions 3
- adjective anecdotal of or like an anecdote 3
- adjective anecdotal full of anecdotes 3
- adjective anecdotal based on personal experience or reported observations unverified by controlled experiments 3
- noun anecdotal (of an account) not necessarily true or reliable, because based on personal accounts rather than facts or research. 1
- adjective anecdotal relating to anecdotes 1
- adjective anecdotal based on casual observations, unscientific 1
- adjective anecdotal pertaining to, resembling, or containing anecdotes: an anecdotal history of jazz. 1
- adjective anecdotal (of the treatment of subject matter in representational art) pertaining to the relationship of figures or to the arrangement of elements in a scene so as to emphasize the story content of a subject. Compare narrative (def 7). 1
- adjective anecdotal based on personal observation, case study reports, or random investigations rather than systematic scientific evaluation: anecdotal evidence. 1
- adjective anecdotal Of the nature of or relating to an anecdote. 0
- adjective anecdotal Containing or abounding in anecdotes. 0