Meaning of 'anecdotal' in Xhosa is: anecdotal

anecdotal: anecdotal

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Adjective(1) having the character of an anecdote(2) characterized by or given to telling anecdotes(3) informal

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(1) Critics blithely ignorant of its subject matter routinely dismiss western art as purely anecdotal .(2) David Gordon Green and Jamie Bell deliver an amusing and anecdotal commentary, relaying the many misadventures that took place in the production.(3) I suspect that The Edifice Complex is so readable because his scholarly theme, brilliantly researched, is well peppered with anecdotal insights.(4) Wisely, Shakeshaft does not base her conclusions on evidence that comes so close to anecdotal accounts.(5) Insights, while not necessarily inaccurate, are frequently based on anecdotal evidence and hence impressionistic.(6) In contrast to this scholarly account, the evocatively-entitled Tin Horns and Calico is a lively account, based on anecdotal information and data from private sources.(7) The narrative is tangential and anecdotal , a linear mosaic of small failures and smaller successes, interspersed with laugh out loud one-liners.(8) Most of the articles have serious points to make, and only J. T. Bonner's amusing essay largely devoted to his social encounters with Haldane is purely anecdotal .(9) I have quoted part of the petition at length, because its anecdotal and tonal qualities are lost in summary.(10) Early accounts were mainly anecdotal , reported by clinicians and interpreted mainly as psychodynamic processes occurring during early development.(11) I have my own theories on this, but they are based purely on anecdotal evidence.(12) The film combines anecdotal minimalism with extremely careful attention to the image and the actors - with a single exception, all non-professional.(13) He elicited and compared details and wrote up his findings almost immediately in a highly readable, anecdotal narrative style.(14) As with most actor commentaries, the former is more light and fluffy and anecdotal , while the latter is more technically-oriented.(15) Other exceptional sherpas are given their place in the sun too in a narrative that has no great pretensions to literary skill or scholarship, but is enthusiastic and often wonderfully anecdotal .(16) Until recently, documentation of elevated cancer rates in the area was limited to such anecdotal accounts.