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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a retentive manner.

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  • adverb In a retentive manner.

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  • adverb In a retentive manner.

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  • adverb in a retentive manner

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Examples

  • So incredibly damnedly anally retentively absurdly goddamn pretentious.

    Red Wolf Liza Marklund 2010

  • So incredibly damnedly anally retentively absurdly goddamn pretentious.

    Red Wolf Liza Marklund 2010

  • Before I anal-retentively list the short story stats, I though I would comment on my experiences with this experiment this year.

    January 2007 2007

  • Before I anal-retentively list the short story stats, I though I would comment on my experiences with this experiment this year.

    SUMMARY: 2006 Short-Story-A-Day Reading Project 2007

  • Before I anal-retentively list the short story stats, I though I would comment on my experiences with this experiment.

    SUMMARY: My "Short-Story-A-Day" Experiment 2005

  • Due to the way the question is posed, although the answer seems obvious to others, the learner who has experienced the task and the ability to retentively regurge what was learned, is grouped with an emotion, flash back of what is seen in the minds eye, felt with the physical body, etc... which adds to the distraction of how to communicate this in a simple NO or Yes answer.

    The science of learning Clive Shepherd 2007

  • Better yet - a ListPro list so I can carry it around on my PDA and anal-retentively check them off as I read or purchase them.

    Masterworks 2005

  • Before I anal-retentively list the short story stats, I though I would comment on my experiences with this experiment.

    January 2005 2005

  • At the request of nobody, I've gone back and anal-retentively updated all our old Star Wars related posts to be part of the new Star Wars category.

    If You Can't Beat 'Em... 2004

  • At the request of nobody, I've gone back and anal-retentively updated all our old Star Wars related posts to be part of the new Star Wars category.

    October 2004 2004

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