anecdotic

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Accordingly, at each opportunity, with seeming innocence, I "wiped his eye," as they say at a battue, and certainly reaped the anecdotic "kudos" Mr. So-and-so had cunningly contrived and hoped to achieve for himself.

From My Life as an Author by Tupper, Martin Farquhar

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)

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

From John Gabriel Borkman by Archer, William

"Comrades," the first play in the present volume, belongs to the same momentous creative period as "The Father" and "Countess Julie," although there is little anecdotic history attaching to this vigorous comedy.

From Plays: Comrades; Facing Death; Pariah; Easter by Oland, Warner

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