anecdotic

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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

It is suggestive of so many pleasant little platitudes about "long ago," with anecdotic memories of poor dear Dick or Harry, that it rarely fails to interest and amuse.

From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James

The style is agreeably anecdotic, and the numerous woodcuts are quaint and graphic.'—Globe.

From The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by Roberts, W. (William)

In the Renaissance painters, on the other hand, with their descriptive preoccupations, their literary and anecdotic interests, he could see nothing but vulgarity and muddle.

From Art by Bell, Clive

Even anecdotic etymologies accepted by the most cautious modern authorities do not always inspire complete confidence.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest