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
It is a 250meditative poem of recollective tenderness wandering through the past; and no poem written on married love in England is more beautiful.
From The Poetry Of Robert Browning by Stopford A. (Stopford Augustus) Brooke
Mr. Linden turned, with a laughing, recollective glance— "Who speaks slightingly of the midge?—let him have a dose of syrup of poppies!"
From Say and Seal, Volume II by Susan Warner
A funny little recollective pause Miss Bezac made, her thoughts going back even to the night of the celebration.
From Say and Seal, Volume II by Susan Warner
It has often been observed, that a recollective and retentive memory are seldom found united.
From Practical Education, Volume II by Maria Edgeworth
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