anecdotal

 
Pronunciation: /ˌanɪkˈdəʊtl/

adjective

  • (of an account) not necessarily true or reliable, because based on personal accounts rather than facts or research: while there was much anecdotal evidence there was little hard fact
  • characterized by or fond of telling anecdotes: her book is anecdotal and chatty
  • (of a painting) depicting small narrative incidents: nineteenth century French anecdotal paintings

Derivatives

anecdotalist

noun

anecdotally

adverb