Definition of "forgetfully" [for•get•ful•ly]

• In a forgetful manner (adverb)

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• "When he reached her he lifted his hand to his bare head forgetfully, meaning to take off his cap to her."
• ""Itoldyou Al Haig," Powell snaps when the writer forgetfully asks him a second time which contemporary pianists he admires."
• "All of a sudden the garden crashed and crackled with the sound of something huge, and the sound of breathing and snuffling increased into low rumbling, with an occasional bellow, as the rotten throats tried forgetfully the bull-cry of the Nerakan warriors."