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  • adverb In a forgettable manner.

Etymologies

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forgettable +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • But even if Tim Tebow's already famous Super Bowl ad for the Christian advocacy group Focus on the Family proves forgettably innocuous, it might leave a sorry legacy: Athletes get burned if they take sides.

    In taking a stand, Tebow stands apart from peers 2010

  • Grey's does have a distinctive voice, though, and what I'd really hate is to see it limp to the end as generically and forgettably as ER did.

    Ask Matt: Why We Love The Middle, Tonys-vs-Oscars, Glee Project, Grey's and More! 2011

  • Matt Roush: I've upgraded this show from offensively annoying to forgettably mediocre, and I doubt I'll be keeping up with it.

    Ask Matt: Fringe, Terriers, House, Bones, Fall Malaise and More! 2010

  • I want an eBook reader which not only lets me comfortably read my books - and by comfortably, I mean forgettably: right now, I cannot get immersed in something I'm reading in an eBook reader; I cannot forget I am reading it on an eBook reader - and I want something that also allows me to comfortably do other things.

    eBook Readers, or, How To Miss The Point 2009

  • SF Signal: eBook Readers, or, How To Miss The Point:I want an eBook reader which not only lets me comfortably read my books - and by comfortably, I mean forgettably: right now, I cannot get immersed in something I'm reading in an eBook reader; I cannot forget I am reading it on an eBook reader - and I want something that also allows me to comfortably do other things.

    Shiny Bits of the Internet 2009

  • In my case, about 5% of submissions were wonderful, 10% were maybes, 70% forgettably bad or completely off-target, and the rest were outright scary enough to make me want to phone emergency services.

    It Can't Really Be That Bad, Can It? Editorial Anonymous 2008

  • Barack Obama, the silver-tongued herald of change, forgettably told a crowd in Madison, Wis., some months back, that he will "listen to Main Street, not just to Wall Street."

    Why No Outrage? 2008

  • The pair duet, forgettably, on the song Hollywood.

    Jay-Z's Return with 'Kingdom Come' Spotty 2006

  • He pitched even more forgettably in his 18 starts, of course.

    USATODAY.com - Burnout candidates and overhyped 2002

  • It was just a passing thing, a story she told herself, or screened, forgettably.

    THE BODY ARTIST DON DELILLO 2001

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