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anecdotally
[ an-ik-doht-l-ee ]
adverb
- through, by means of, or with the inclusion of anecdotes:
In this book about Old East Yorkshire, famous events, personalities, and buildings are anecdotally presented.
- as an anecdote:
The blog post relates anecdotally how someone made $6,000 selling nude photos online.
- in a way that is based on observation, case studies, or random investigation rather than systematic scientific evaluation:
This is, of course, a difficult theory to prove in a double-blind study, but it bears out anecdotally.
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Other Words From
- un·an·ec·do·tal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of anecdotally1
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Example Sentences
Anecdotally, crime is slightly down in Ferguson since Brown died, DeCarli said.
Anecdotally, some babies are ‘never the same’ after vaccines.
“Anecdotally I can tell you that the take-up rate is fairly small,” said Smyth.
“Anecdotally, we have U.S. citizens who smuggle drugs, in large amounts sometimes,” he says.
Anecdotally, the influx of immigrants from Latin America and East Asia seems to have strengthened Latino and Asian identities.
Instruction must be carried on objectively, experimentally, anecdotally.
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