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retentive
(encz) | retentive,obsáhlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
retentive
(encz) | retentive,uchovávající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
retentive
(encz) | retentive,výborný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Retentive
(gcide) | Retentive \Re*ten"tive\, a. [Cf. F. r['e]tentif.]
Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.
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Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron,
Can be retentive to the strength of spirit. --Shak.
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Retentive
(gcide) | Retentive \Re*ten"tive\, n.
That which retains or confines; a restraint. [R.] --Bp. Hall.
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retentive
(wn) | retentive
adj 1: good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious
memory" [syn: retentive, recollective, long,
tenacious] [ant: forgetful, short, unretentive]
2: having the capacity to retain something
3: having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water;
"soils retentive of moisture" |
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anal retentive
(encz) | anal retentive,pedantský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
retentively
(encz) | retentively, |
retentiveness
(encz) | retentiveness,schopnost pamatování si Zdeněk Brož |
unretentive
(encz) | unretentive, adj: |
Irretentive
(gcide) | Irretentive \Ir`re*ten"tive\, a.
Not retentive; as, an irretentive memory.
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Retentive
(gcide) | Retentive \Re*ten"tive\, a. [Cf. F. r['e]tentif.]
Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.
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Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron,
Can be retentive to the strength of spirit. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Retentive \Re*ten"tive\, n.
That which retains or confines; a restraint. [R.] --Bp. Hall.
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Retentively
(gcide) | Retentively \Re*ten"tive*ly\, adv.
In a retentive manner.
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Retentiveness
(gcide) | Retentiveness \Re*ten"tive*ness\, n.
The quality of being retentive.
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Unretentive
(gcide) | Unretentive \Unretentive\
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anal retentive
(wn) | anal retentive
adj 1: a stage in psychosexual development when the child's
interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at
this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness,
stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc. [syn: anal, {anal
retentive}] [ant: oral] |
anal retentive personality
(wn) | anal retentive personality
n 1: (psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous
neatness and suspicion and reserve; said to be formed in
early childhood by fixation during the anal stage of
development (usually as a consequence of toilet training)
[syn: anal personality, anal retentive personality] |
retentively
(wn) | retentively
adv 1: in a retentive manner |
retentiveness
(wn) | retentiveness
n 1: the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he
had a good memory when he was younger" [syn: memory,
retention, retentiveness, retentivity]
2: the property of retaining possessions that have been acquired
[syn: retentiveness, retentivity]
3: the power of retaining liquid; "moisture retentivity of soil"
[syn: retentiveness, retentivity, retention] |
unretentive
(wn) | unretentive
adj 1: (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short
memory" [syn: unretentive, forgetful, short] [ant:
long, recollective, retentive, tenacious] |
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