a. [f. ANECDOTE + -AL 1.] Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, anecdotes.
1836. Chamb. Jrnl., 2 April, 74. A few anecdotal notices, if they may so be termed, respecting such animals.
1840. Blackw. Mag., XLVIII. 123. A certain sense of anecdotal vivacity.
1882. Ch. Times, 28 Jan., 36. The weakest part of the work … has been the anecdotal portion.
