anecdotal.

Based on personal reports or isolated examples rather than systematic evidence.

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Words that belong together

• anecdotal evidence
• anecdotal account

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The anecdotal evidence helped generate questions for the survey.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: evidence, inference, qualification. Commonness: moderately common.