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

"I shall never see you, Reuben,"—said he with a very pleasant recollective play of eye and lip,—"without thinking of a friend."

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

Judy said, with a smile of recollective pleasure.

From Seven Little Australians by Turner, Ethel Sybil

I mention this because Dugald Stewart once was curious to know what sort of memory I had, whether recollective or retentive.

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