Retentive
21retentive — a. Tenacious …
22retentive — re·ten·tive …
23retentive — re•ten•tive [[t]rɪˈtɛn tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) tending or serving to retain something 2) having power or capacity to retain 3) having power or ability to remember; having a good memory • Etymology: 1325–75; ME retentif < MF < ML retentīvus = L… …
24retentive — /rəˈtɛntɪv / (say ruh tentiv) adjective 1. tending or serving to retain something. 2. having power or capacity to retain. 3. having power or ability to remember; having a good memory. –retentiveness, noun …
25retentive — adj. 1 (often foll. by of) tending to retain (moisture etc.). 2 (of memory or a person) not forgetful. 3 Surgery (of a ligature etc.) serving to keep something in place. Derivatives: retentively adv. retentiveness n. Etymology: ME f. OF retentif… …
26Anal retentive — The term anal retentive (or anally retentive , anal retentive ), commonly abbreviated to anal , is used conversationally to describe a person with such attention to detail that the obsession becomes an annoyance to others, and can be carried out… …
27Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive — Infobox British television show name = Rob Brydon s Annually Retentive size = 150px caption = Rob Brydon and Phil Nichol format = sitcom runtime = 30 minutes written by = Paul Duddridge and Rob Brydon starring = Rob Brydon, Dave Gorman, Jane… …
28anal retentive — /eɪnəl rəˈtɛntɪv/ (say aynuhl ruh tentiv) noun 1. a person with traits such as orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, which are thought to be the result of fixation at the anal stage of development. –adjective Also, anal. 2. (of a person) having… …
29anal retentive — n an anal retentive individual …
30anal-retentive — UK / US or anally retentive UK / US See: anal …
