Usually means: Unintentionally failing to remember something.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word forgetfully:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. forgetfully: Merriam-Webster
  2. forgetfully: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. forgetfully: Collins English Dictionary
  4. forgetfully: Vocabulary.com
  5. forgetfully: Wordnik
  6. forgetfully: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. forgetfully: Wiktionary
  8. Forgetfully, forgetfully: Dictionary.com
  9. Forgetfully: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. forgetfully: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. forgetfully: Rhymezone
  12. Forgetfully: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. forgetfully: FreeDictionary.org
  14. forgetfully: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Forgetfully: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. forgetfully: Legal dictionary

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▸ adverb:  in a forgetful manner

Similar:
unrememberingly, forgettably, unforgettingly, neglectfully, forgettingly, inattentionally, neglectably, neglectedly, absent-mindedly, unmemorably, more...

Opposite:
remembering, recollecting, retaining

Types:
preoccupied, distracted, abstracted, absentminded, unmindful, oblivious, more...

Phrases:
self forgetfully, more...

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Similar:
unrememberingly, forgettably, unforgettingly, neglectfully, forgettingly, inattentionally, neglectably, neglectedly, absent-mindedly, unmemorably, more...

Opposite:
remembering, recollecting, retaining

Types:
preoccupied, distracted, abstracted, absentminded, unmindful, oblivious, more...

Phrases:
self forgetfully, more...



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