retentiveness
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But it's time we retire this notion of Wooden as basketball's wise old man and see his legacy for what it is: a triumph of rigidity, bureaucracy, paternalism, and anal retentiveness.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2010
The distances between drains he showed must be regulated by the greater or less retentiveness of the ground operated upon, and gave 10 to 40 ft. as the limits of their distance apart.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
Like many other people of powerful brains, she united strong and clear general retentiveness with a weak and untrustworthy verbal memory.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol 3 of 3) The Life of George Eliot by Morley, John
Change in these conditions, then, will enable a person to make use of all the native retentiveness his nervous system has.
From How to Teach by Strayer, George Drayton
A Chinese classical scholar's memory is so trained for retentiveness that one who became a Christian was able, with ease, to commit to memory five chapters of the New Testament each day.
From The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's The Story of the Work in Hwochow by Cable, Mildred
