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Much of her memory and other retentive powers were gone.
He has a retentive mind, interviews without using notes and needs no research staff.
The doctor was a man of wide reading with a retentive, memory.
"If I did that, you could take four retentive banks."
There was no difference between the three material groups regarding retentive force (Table 3).
This will give you an idea of the retentive memory she possesses.
"Are there many stories known to your retentive mind?"
The music I now hear does not match the one engraved in my retentive memory.
Start with the soil, which should be moisture retentive but well drained.
You should know by now that I've got a very retentive memory.'
What a wonderfully active and retentive mind that gifted child must have!
"Anal Retentive that's what the boys on the third floor call him."
A retentive and accurate memory is conditioned upon close attention.
How about fixing me up with two more retentive banks?"
She will fly to London to compete against the world's most retentive minds.
A very silent man, but assists the Reporter with his retentive memory.
There lie the impressions on the retentive organ, though you knew it not.
These contain high percentage of clay and are moisture retentive.
Both these soils are very retentive of moisture and highly fertile.
Malcolm has a very retentive memory, so he learns facts quite easily.
He had a retentive memory, and never forgot anything he heard or read.
The information may be valuable to you years later if you have a retentive memory.
Still, he had a quick and retentive mind.
But unfortunately at one moment during the evening her mind, absorbed in the facts themselves, had been less retentive than usual.
He was a great reader, with a very retentive memory, and a quick, intelligent observer.