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anecdotal

adjective

Reveal meaning and examples

Based on individual accounts or observations rather than systematic evidence.

The report separated anecdotal feedback from the results of its survey.

Dictionary practice example.

Maya placed the boarding counts beside the written comments. The empirical results showed what the observers had recorded, while the anecdotal reports described particular experiences.

From From Impressions to Evidence.

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