anecdotally

American  

[an-ik-doht-l-ee] / ˌæn ɪkˈdoʊt l i /

adverb

1. 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.

2. as an anecdote.

   The blog post relates anecdotally how someone made $6,000 selling nude photos online.

3. 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 Word Forms

• unanecdotally adverb

Etymology

Origin of anecdotally

anecdotal ( def. ) + -ly