Usage examples for retentive
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And the business of the man from Diamond Town was to lounge about its neighbourhood, using those sharp light eyes of his to excellent purpose, and storing his retentive memory- for it would not do for a stranger to be caught putting pencil to paper in a town under Martial Law, and bristling with suspicion- with the information indispensable for the putting in effect of young Schenk Eybel's ingenious plan. – The Dop Doctor by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
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His alert and retentive mind had seized, long ago, on Rowlatt's recommendation at the Little Bear Inn, and he had developed, perhaps half consciously, a half sense of humour. – The Fortunate Youth by William J. Locke