With deliberate malice I loaded a prolix narrative with every triviality that a fairly retentive memory could rake out of the half-forgotten past.
Source: tatoeba (10880096)
Retentive
/ɹɪˈtɛntɪv/
Synonyms for "retentive" (29 found)
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3 entriescognitive abilitymemory traitphysical property
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4 entriesCollocations
5 entrieshighly retentivemost retentive studentretentive learnerretentive memoryretentive study habits
Inflections
2 entriesmore retentivemost retentive
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2 entriesAntonyms
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3 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
a retentive memory
Source: wiktionary
a soil that is highly retentive of rainwater
Source: wiktionary
Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit.
Source: wiktionary