adj.

1. Having the quality, power, or capacity of retaining.
2. Having the ability or capacity to retain knowledge or information with ease: a retentive memory.

retentively re·ten'tive·ly adv.
retentiveness re·ten'tive·ness n.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: tending to retain
  Antonym: unretentive (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - som bevarer, som holder på plads, som husker godt

Nederlands (Dutch)
vasthoudend

Français (French)
adj. - fidèle, bon, rétentif (le sol)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gut (Gedächtnis), speichernd

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - συνεκτικός, ισχυρός, που συγκρατεί

Italiano (Italian)
che trattiene, che non lascia passare

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - retentor

Русский (Russian)
цепкий, задерживающий, с хорошей памятью

Español (Spanish)
adj. - retentivo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - säker, fast

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
保持的, 记性好的, 有保持力的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 保持的, 記性好的, 有保持力的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 보유하는, 보유력이 있는, 습기를 보존하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 保持する, 保持力のある, 動かないようにする, 固定する, なかなか忘れない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) إحتجازي, إحتفاظي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שומר, זוכר, מחזיק‬

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