There was also a lot of anal-retentiveness on display. From Wordnik.com. [A Conundrum « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog] Reference
It would satisfy both my anal-retentiveness and my geekiness!. From Wordnik.com. [SUMMARY: My "Short-Story-A-Day" Experiment] Reference
The discretion, the retentiveness, the protectionism and cautiousness. From Wordnik.com. [confetti] Reference
My own weird anal-retentiveness that I will never be able to accurately describe. From Wordnik.com. [Trailer Blazer: 'Science of Sleep,' 'Transformers' | EW.com] Reference
A stiff clayey soil offers a good example of the disadvantage of over-retentiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
This contrarian-inspired inquisition into terminology is anal-retentiveness at its worst. From Wordnik.com. [John Hunter on Sea Levels « Climate Audit] Reference
This contrarian-inspired inquisition into terminology is anal-retentiveness at its worst. tom brogle. From Wordnik.com. [John Hunter on Sea Levels « Climate Audit] Reference
Asked to recite the 'classified' formulae, even on a vaudeville stage, he must prove his retentiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Memory] Reference
In John Leyden an unconquerable perseverance was united to remarkable native genius, and a memory of singular retentiveness. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century] Reference
George Santayana's most famous line is from The Life of Reason 1905-06: Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. From Wordnik.com. [History] Reference
The retentiveness of her memory was very remarkable. From Wordnik.com. [Taken Alive] Reference
She was depending on mere retentiveness to hold dates in mind. From Wordnik.com. [How to Study and Teaching How to Study] Reference
Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Marine Corps Moms] Reference
My brand of said infliction comes with a dash of anal-retentiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Dutch Blitz] Reference
It was a wonderful display of retentiveness, acumen, learning, and power. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage] Reference
The keenness of her mind and the retentiveness of her memory were marvelous. From Wordnik.com. [Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction Compiled and edited by Hallie Q. Brown 250 p., ill.] Reference
See, my Pagan sensibilities come with a certain amount of anal-retentiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Los Angeles Metblogs] Reference
He has no reserve of discretion, no retentiveness of mind or check upon himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits] Reference
You may load the mechanical memory with them, till it becomes a marvel of retentiveness. From Wordnik.com. [How to Study and Teaching How to Study] Reference
Not only was he possessed of a bright, quick mind, but wonderful retentiveness of memory. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe] Reference
But the most remarkable thing through life was his memory, and its wonderful combination of retentiveness and readiness. From Wordnik.com. [Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 453 Volume 18, New Series, September 4, 1852] Reference
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