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- anecdotically adverb
Etymology
Origin of anecdotic
Example Sentences
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Another new work is announced by Dumas, called Byron, in which we are promised the biography, love adventures, journeys, and anecdotic history of the great poet.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. by
Molly Ryan, the one sole domestic servant who accompanied the Luttrells, being of an uncommunicative temper, contributed no anecdotic details of in-door life to stimulate interest and keep curiosity alive.
From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James
Be that as it may, I never was accused of relating a garbled, broken, and disjointed tale, and for the honor of my anecdotic powers, I resolved not to do so.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Lever, Charles James
Mount Dalton and its doings were an anecdotic mine, of which they had never explored a single "shaft."
From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
The naive, picturesque, and anecdotic illustrations of common life, which are so plentiful in Egypt, are almost completely wanting to the art of Chaldæa.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir
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