anecdotally
[ an-ik-doht-l-ee ]
/ ˌæn ɪkˈdoʊt l i /
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adverb
through, by means of, or with the inclusion of anecdotes: In this book about Old East Yorkshire, famous events, personalities, and buildings are anecdotally presented.
as an anecdote: The blog post relates anecdotally how someone made $6,000 selling nude photos online.
in a way that is based on observation, case studies, or random investigation rather than systematic scientific evaluation: This is, of course, a difficult theory to prove in a double-blind study, but it bears out anecdotally.
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OTHER WORDS FROM anecdotally
un·an·ec·do·tal·ly, adverbWords nearby anecdotally
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