(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
anecdotal in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of anecdotal in the US English dictionary
