ANECDOTAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does anecdotal mean? • ANECDOTAL (adjective)
The adjective ANECDOTAL has 2 senses:
1. having the character of an anecdote
2. characterized by or given to telling anecdotes
Familiarity information: ANECDOTAL used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ANECDOTAL (adjective)
Meaning:
Having the character of an anecdote
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
anecdotal evidence
Pertainym:
anecdote (short account of an incident (especially a biographical one))
Meaning:
Characterized by or given to telling anecdotes
Synonyms:
anecdotic; anecdotical; anecdotal
Context examples:
anecdotal conversation / an anecdotal history of jazz / he was at his anecdotic best
Similar:
communicative; communicatory (able or tending to communicate)
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