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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a forgetful manner.

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  • adverb In a forgetful manner.

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  • adverb In a forgetful manner

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  • adverb in a forgetful manner

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Examples

  • When he reached her he lifted his hand to his bare head forgetfully, meaning to take off his cap to her.

    A Spirit in Prison Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

  • "Itoldyou Al Haig," Powell snaps when the writer forgetfully asks him a second time which contemporary pianists he admires.

    Out Walked Bud: The Manic Life and Obscure Death of Bud Powell Con Chapman 2011

  • 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.

    Virginity Sydney Kilgore 2010

  • Stories that are urban legends, passed around in churches and which he forgetfully thought he could get away with ..

    Solzhenitsyn Biographer: Cross-In-Dirt Gulag Story Never Happened 2009

  • Stories that are urban legends, passed around in churches and which he forgetfully thought he could get away with ..

    Solzhenitsyn Biographer: Cross-In-Dirt Gulag Story Never Happened 2009

  • But there are times that each of us mistakenly, forgetfully, leaves a mess behind.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Sage 2009

  • But there are times that each of us mistakenly, forgetfully, leaves a mess behind.

    On Legislating Manners Sage 2009

  • Truth is, I don't even like lighting candles all that much, since I have a bad habit of walking away from open flames forgetfully.

    Dear Hippies 2005

  • From time-to-time I'll read an encouraging article on arginine supplementation, forgetfully try it one more time, and soon get a sore on my lips.

    Statins and vitamin D | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007

  • A casual acquaintance would reach over and absently finger Souraya's jewelry or cheek during an encounter, in the way someone would forgetfully touch his own face or hair, rub his own chin.

    The Book of Heaven Storace, Patricia 2007

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