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

The recollective power is less cultivated than it ought to be, by the usual modes of education: and this is one reason why so few pupils rise above mediocrity.

From Practical Education, Volume II by Edgeworth, Maria

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

He possessed perfect conversational tact, with great powers of wit, humour, and all that felicity of allusion, which an uncommonly recollective memory, acting on stores of varied knowledge, can alone command.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 07 by Edgeworth, Maria

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