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Definition of Retentively
1. Adverb. In a retentive manner.
Definition of Retentively
1. adv. In a retentive manner.
Definition of Retentively
1. Adverb. In a retentive manner. ¹
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Definition of Retentively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retentively
Literary usage of Retentively
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1889)
"... in learning retentively all kinds of facts, principles, opinions, hypotheses,
and words ; in analyzing these and using the results of his analyses; ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1882)
"So closely had he listened to his great master's instructions to the pupils, so
retentively stored them in his mind, and so industriously worked upon them ..."
3. The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism by James Legge (1885)
"To acquire extensive information and remember retentively, while (at the same
time) he is modest; to do earnestly what is good, and not become weary in so ..."
4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1889)
"... in learning retentively all kinds of facts, principles, opinions, hypotheses,
and words ; in analyzing these and using the results of his analyses ..."
5. The Bookman (1907)
"... and retentively responsible. Certainly its revelation below is remarkable.
If any man, monkey, ..."
6. The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1899)
"Hence the newspapers readily copied them and the people retentively remembered them.
Gleams of humor were not infrequent in his speeches, ..."
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