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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retentively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
re-ten-tive-ly
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a retentive manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English retentive Middle English -ly English -ly English retentively From retentive + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more retentively (comparative) most retentively (superlative)

Questions

What does retentively mean?
In a retentive manner.
Where does retentively come from?
Etymology tree English retentive Middle English -ly English -ly English retentively From retentive + -ly.

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