retentive
adjective
tending or serving to retain something.
retentiveness
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a word derived from
retentive.
Example Sentences
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But it's time we retire this notion of Wooden as basketball's wise old man and see his legacy for what it is: a triumph of rigidity, bureaucracy, paternalism, and anal retentiveness.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2010
Intricately or profoundly woven, they are held: disconnected, they tend to drop out just in proportion as the native brain retentiveness is poor.
From Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals by William James
Receptivity and retentiveness of impression is not only a property of brain, but of all solid matter without exception.
From The Scientific Basis of National Progress Including that of Morality by George Gore
The characteristics of his mind are retentiveness and comprehension, with facility of production: but he is not equally remarkable for originality of view, or warmth of feeling, or liveliness of fancy.
From The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits by William Hazlitt
A Chinese classical scholar's memory is so trained for retentiveness that one who became a Christian was able, with ease, to commit to memory five chapters of the New Testament each day.
From The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's The Story of the Work in Hwochow by Mildred Cable
