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

Thaddeus felt the scene in his own recollective heart.

From Thaddeus of Warsaw by Porter, Jane

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 Warner, Susan

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

The place is as pretty as ever, and it was impossible for the most hospitable luxury to do more for me, and with the most minute recollective attention to all my olden-times habits and ways.

From The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 by Hare, Augustus J. C.