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单词 anecdotal
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(ænɪkdoʊtəl)
1. adjective
Anecdotal evidence is based on individual accounts, rather than on reliable research or statistics, and so may not be valid.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that sales in Europe have slipped.
...countless anecdotal reports.
Synonyms: unreliable, untrustworthy, based on rumour More Synonyms of anecdotal
2. graded adjective
Anecdotal speech or writing is full of anecdotes or is based on anecdotes.
Gray's book is anecdotal and entertaining.

anecdotal in British English

(ˌænɛkˈdəʊtəl)
adjective
containing or consisting exclusively of anecdotes rather than connected discourse or research conducted under controlled conditions

anecdotal in American English

(ˌænɪkˈdoʊtəl; ˌænɛkˈdoʊtəl)
adjective
1. 
of or like an anecdote
2. 
full of anecdotes
3. 
based on personal experience or reported observations unverified by controlled experiments
anecdotal evidence

Examples of 'anecdotal' in a sentence
anecdotal

The court disagreed since such anecdotal reports "are not evidence.
Christianity Today (2000)
Or was it one or two anecdotal reports of strong spending in recent weeks?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Initial anecdotal reports from the study are promising.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
At the moment reports are anecdotal and paint an incomplete picture.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We have to rely instead on anecdotal evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There used to be anecdotal evidence of this happening but now it is becoming increasingly common.
The Sun (2011)
None the less throughout the ages there have been anecdotal reports of people being mysteriously healed after contact with a healer.
Westcott, Patsy Alternative Health Care for Women (1991)
The results include anecdotal but compelling evidence that officers are already becoming less inclined to take the risks needed to prevail in battle.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But anecdotal evidence suggests that many PRs charge much more.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Although reliable figures are hard to come by, there is anecdotal evidence that a surprising number are choosing to return.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
His evidence is purely anecdotal.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The figures also confirmed anecdotal evidence that March was a bleak month for the high street and stores as shoppers stayed at home.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
An interest in allotments is a phenomenon in itself, and anecdotal evidence suggests that visitors to allotments go to collect practical tips.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They are, by all anecdotal accounts, suffering.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Other studies, some no more than anecdotal reports, suggest higher figures.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Do I then have anecdotal evidence?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
BA may still be fighting its baggage system, but anecdotal reports from passengers using T5 have been positive.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)

In other languages
anecdotal

British English: anecdotal ADJECTIVE
Anecdotal evidence is based on individual accounts, rather than on reliable research or statistics, and so may not be valid.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that sales have slipped.
  • American English: anecdotal
  • Brazilian Portuguese: baseado em relatos pessoais
  • Chinese: 轶闻的
  • European Spanish: anecdótico
  • French: isolé
  • German: anekdotisch
  • Italian: non suffragato dai fatti
  • Japanese: 聞いた話に基づく
  • Korean: 일화성의
  • European Portuguese: baseado em relatos pessoais
  • Latin American Spanish: anecdótico

(adjective) 
countless anecdotal reports
Synonyms
unreliable
She had proved to be an unreliable witness and had lied to police.
untrustworthy
His opponents still say he's a fundamentally untrustworthy figure.
based on rumour
Seeshady

Nearby words of
anecdotal

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Synonyms of 'anecdotal'

anecdotal

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