Retentive is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 191 anagrams from letters in retentive (eeeinrttv).
1325-75; Middle English retentif Middle French Medieval Latin retentīvus, equivalent to Latin retent(us) (see retention) + -īvus Examples for retentive
My studies had been varied but superficial; my memory was active but not retentive. What a wonderfully active and retentive mind that gifted child must have! No cunningly painted canvas is so retentive as the active brain. Every province has practically its own language, of which it is proud and retentive. This will give you an idea of the retentive memory she possesses. He had, indeed, a quick observation 20 and a retentive memory. The last are frequently overrated, the memory more quick than retentive. It was quite a while before a retentive memory helped him out. There lie the impressions on the retentive organ, though you knew it not. She was an only child, very precocious, with a retentive memory.
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