anecdotic

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The figures in the former position are religious and supernatural, those in the interior historical and anecdotic.

From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir

He was absorbed in the handling of his material, not in the lyric, dramatic, anecdotic, or rhetorical elements.

From Unicorns by Huneker, James

The anecdotic history of John Gabriel Borkman is even scantier than that of Little Eyolf.

From John Gabriel Borkman by Archer, William

The anecdotic history, more or less authentic, of the Ettrick Shepherd would fill volumes, and I must try to give some of the cream of it presently.

From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by Saintsbury, George

Her importance is thus very great: and it only wanted the proverbial or anecdotic "That!" to make it much greater.

From The English Novel by Saintsbury, George