adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In an anecdotic manner; with use of anecdotes.
1825. Observer, 25 July, 2/4. One thing is recorded amongst the many repeated on this occasion, which we can hardly believe—it is given anecdotically thus:— [etc.]
1871. Lit. World, 6 Jan., 6. They do not talk epigrammatically enough for one kind of reporters, nor anecdotically … enough for another.
