forgetfully adverb uk /fəˈɡet.fəl.i/ us /fɚˈɡet.fəl.i/ in a way that is forgetful (= often forgetting things): 健忘地,记性差地 I forgetfully left the file on the bus.我记性差,把文件忘在公共汽车上了。 He forgetfully walked out of a store without paying for a pair of headphones.他没付耳机钱就健忘地走出了商店。 See
forgetful She forgetfully left a pair of scissors in her hand luggage and had them confiscated. He's one of those people who forgetfully leave their phone in their back pocket and then sit on it. I could forgetfully leave my car doors unlocked and nothing bad ever happened. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Forgetting and forgetfulness absent-minded absent-mindedly absent-mindedness amnesia amnesiac anterograde blot bury erase featherbrained forget forget itidiom forgetful forgetfulness oblivion retrograde retrograde amnesia rustily scatterbrained scatty |