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retentive

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re·ten·tive  (r-tntv)
adj.
1. Having the quality, power, or capacity of retaining.
2. Having the ability or capacity to retain knowledge or information with ease: a retentive memory.

re·tentive·ly adv.
re·tentive·ness n.

retentive [rɪˈtɛntɪv]
adj
having the capacity to retain or remember
retentively  adv
retentiveness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.retentive - good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory"
mindful, aware - bearing in mind; attentive to; "ever mindful of her health"; "mindful of his responsibilities"; "mindful of these criticisms, I shall attempt to justify my action"
forgetful, unretentive, short - (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory"
2.retentive - having the capacity to retain something
3.retentive - having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water; "soils retentive of moisture"
impermeable - preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through; "impermeable stone"; "an impermeable layer of scum"; "a coat impermeable to rain"
Translations
retentive [rɪˈtentɪv] ADJretentivo
a retentive memoryuna buena memoria
retentive
adj memoryaufnahmefähig; he is very retentiveer hat ein gutes Gedächtnis; moisture-retentive soilBoden, der gut Feuchtigkeit speichert
retentive [rɪˈtɛntɪv] adj (memory) → ritentivo/a


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By my retentive memory of the hieroglyphics upon one Sperm Whale in particular, I was much struck with a plate representing the old Indian characters chiselled on the famous hieroglyphic palisades on the banks of the Upper Mississippi.
Elton should not be really in love with her, or so particularly amiable as to make it shocking to disappoint himthat Harriet's nature should not be of that superior sort in which the feelings are most acute and retentive and that there could be no necessity for any body's knowing what had passed except the three principals, and especially for her father's being given a moment's uneasiness about it.
So far indeed did his information extend, and so acutely retentive was his memory, that he was supposed to be the only man who could have told you who Julius Beaufort, the banker, really was, and what had become of handsome Bob Spicer, old Mrs.
 
 
 
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