"anecdotal" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌænɪkˈdoʊtl̩/ [General-American] Forms: more anecdotal [comparative], most anecdotal [superlative]
Rhymes: -əʊtəl Etymology: From anecdote + -al. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|anecdote|al}} anecdote + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} anecdotal (comparative more anecdotal, superlative most anecdotal)
  1. Of the nature of or relating to an anecdote. Translations (relating to or of the nature of an anecdote): anecdòtic (Catalan), anekdotisch (Dutch), anekdoottinen (Finnish), kaskumainen (Finnish), anecdotique (French), anecdótico (Galician), anekdotisch (German), ανεκδοτικός (anekdotikós) (Greek), anekdotikus (Hungarian), atvikssögulegur (Icelandic), anekdótískur (Icelandic), anegdotyczny (Polish), anedótico [masculine] (Portuguese), anecdotic (Romanian), случа́йный (slučájnyj) (Russian), несистемати́ческий (nesistematíčeskij) (Russian), anecdótico (Spanish), anekdotisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-anecdotal-en-adj-48itSM3- Disambiguation of 'relating to or of the nature of an anecdote': 79 21
  2. Containing or abounding in anecdotes. Translations (containing of anecdotes): anecdotari (Catalan), anegdociarski (Polish), anegdotyczny (Polish)
    Sense id: en-anecdotal-en-adj-Ijhgghm- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 11 89 Disambiguation of 'containing of anecdotes': 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: anecdotical [dated] Derived forms: anecdata, anecdotal evidence, anecdotalism, anecdotalist, anecdotality, anecdotalize, anecdotally, nonanecdotal

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