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forgetfully

/fɝˈɡɛtfəɫli/ adv

in a forgetful manner

Word Origin Forget comes from Old English forgietan, combining for- 'away, off' and getan 'to grasp' — so to forget is literally to lose your grasp on something. The adverb forgetfully describes doing something while prone to that loss. The same for- prefix appears in forbid (command away) and forsake (deny away), while getan gives us beget (cause to get).

adv in a forgetful manner

She forgetfully left her keys on the kitchen counter again.

(副词) 健忘地；易忘地

她又健忘地把钥匙忘在厨房台面上了。

(adverbio) olvidadizamente; distraídamente [De manera olvidadiza.]

Olvidadizamente dejó sus llaves en la encimera de la cocina de nuevo.

(adverbe) distraitement; par étourderie; par oubli [De manière distraite, en oubliant ce qu'on devrait se rappeler.]

Elle a encore forgetfully laissé ses clés sur le plan de travail de la cuisine.

(Adverb) vergesslich; zerstreut [auf eine vergessliche Weise; so, dass man Dinge leicht übersieht oder nicht mehr weiß]

Sie legte ihre Schlüssel **forgetfully** wieder auf die Küchenanrichte.

(副詞) 忘れっぽく; うっかりと; ぼんやりして

彼女はまたうっかりと鍵をキッチンのカウンターに置いてきてしまった。

(advérbio) distraidamente [De modo esquecido; sem atenção.]

Ela, esquecida, deixou suas chaves no balcão da cozinha mais uma vez.

Synonyms: absent-mindedly obliviously carelessly inattentively negligently distractedly heedlessly unmindfully Antonyms: attentively carefully mindfully consciously
Word parts: forget + ful + ly

Related words

forgetfulness unforgettable beget

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