recollective

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Mike Nichols' direction and Neil Simon's quip hand are faster than the most jaded playgoer's recollective eye.

From Time Magazine Archive

When it is injured, remembrance is impaired; and, on the other hand, an accident has been known to improve the recollective faculties.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

In this instance, it is obvious that we admire the retentive, local memory of Dr. Heberden, merely because it became recollective and useful.

From Practical Education, Volume II by Edgeworth, Maria

"Are you not aware of any class of recollective remarks or inquiries which now and then break forth, and which you invariably smother with a thick blanket of silence?"

From Say and Seal, Volume II by Warner, Susan

Faith started with a recollective look and asked what time it was; then sank down again.

From Say and Seal, Volume II by Warner, Susan