Definition of Forgetfully

1. Adverb. In a forgetful manner. "She is getting old and acts forgetfully"

Partainyms: Forgetful

Definition of Forgetfully

1. adv. In a forgetful manner.

Definition of Forgetfully

1. Adverb. In a forgetful manner ¹

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Definition of Forgetfully

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forgetfully

forgeries
forgers
forgery
forges
forges ahead
forget, when up to one's neck in alligators, that the mission is to drain the swamp
forget-me-not
forget-me-nots
forget it
forget me drug
forget oneself
forgetful
forgetful person
forgetfull
forgetfully
forgetfulness
forgetfulnesses
forgetive
forgetness
forgets
forgettable
forgettably
forgetted
forgetter
forgetters
forgettest
forgetteth
forgettil
forgetting

Literary usage of Forgetfully

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"... safety of herself and child, and that the conductor willfully or forgetfully did not allow a sufficient time to alight, but allowed passengers to enter, ..."

2. In His Steps: "What Would Jesus Do?" by Charles Monroe Sheldon (1897)
"... her arms covered with flour and occasionally a streak of it on her nose (for Felicia at first had a habit of rubbing her nose forgetfully when she was ..."

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