She is getting old and acts forgetfully. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a forgetful person. ,to be forgetful of others. ,forgetful slumber. From Dictionary.com.
"Tell me 'bout dat ar, Sarp," said Flor, forgetfully. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865] Reference
Wilfrid in reply said that he had forgetfully left his two gloves there. From Wordnik.com. [The Early Middle Ages 500-1000] Reference
Ticke's advice -- his intolerably, no, his forgetfully presumptuous advice. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of To-Day] Reference
But there are times that each of us mistakenly, forgetfully, leaves a mess behind. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference
And then she stared at him forgetfully, and, unthinkingly, with great disappointed eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864] Reference
Stories that are urban legends, passed around in churches and which he forgetfully thought he could get away with. From Wordnik.com. [Solzhenitsyn Biographer: Cross-In-Dirt Gulag Story Never Happened] Reference
"Itoldyou Al Haig," Powell snaps when the writer forgetfully asks him a second time which contemporary pianists he admires. From Wordnik.com. [Out Walked Bud: The Manic Life and Obscure Death of Bud Powell] Reference
But Rennie forgetfully omits to mention that they also do the business for a Scottish business called RSL, part of Raytheon. From Wordnik.com. [Dishonourable Discharge: Most of Lib Dem Willie Rennie Outpourings] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Dear Hippies] Reference
Some of what he said I didn't understand, for every so often he'd forgetfully slip into medical jargon, which was still Greek to me. From Wordnik.com. [Seeds of Yesterday]
It was the first time he had talked to Sharon forgetfully. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrong Twin] Reference
"That's all right," said Smith forgetfully, and then added. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, May 6, 1914] Reference
"That's all right," said Smith forgetfully; and then added. From Wordnik.com. [The Sunny Side] Reference
Henry did not heed the question, so forgetfully was he gazing, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Colossus A Novel] Reference
At one moment you upset a glass, then you forgetfully dip them in the sauce. From Wordnik.com. [Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality] Reference
Sidney responded to her wish, and again she smiled, self-forgetfully, contentedly. From Wordnik.com. [The Nether World] Reference
The knife I retained, forgetfully; but when I turned to offer it to him he was gone. From Wordnik.com. [The Way of a Man] Reference
I would name you all, ibut fear of forgetfully leaving someone out would hurt me terribly. From Wordnik.com. [Ample Sanity] Reference
This afternoon, I said forgetfully, I would call upon her again -- I had not called for so long. From Wordnik.com. [David Malcolm] Reference
She had been sleeping warmly, forgetfully, while death hovered over the house, looking for a way in. From Wordnik.com. [The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing] Reference
And then, in the happiness with which she overflowed, Helene forgetfully leaned against Henri's shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Episode] Reference
"Nothin 'on earth but imagina ----" He stopped with a grunt as he forgetfully put his weight on his left leg. From Wordnik.com. [The Flirt] Reference
And thus in all innocence they lingered in each other's arms; for a long, long time did they remain there forgetfully. From Wordnik.com. [La faute de l'Abbe Mouret] Reference
In my dreams forgetfully bright. From Wordnik.com. [Alcyone] Reference
Parrhasius stood, gazing forgetfully. From Wordnik.com. [The American Union Speaker] Reference
Mr Best's quiet voice said forgetfully. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
When you look back and forgetfully wonder. From Wordnik.com. [Judy of York Hill] Reference
Not forgetfully, but in full remembrance. From Wordnik.com. [Tired Church Members] Reference
When you look back, and forgetfully wonder. From Wordnik.com. [The Hill A Romance of Friendship] Reference
It was simply and forgetfully indifferent. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860] Reference
Hide it forgetfully. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous Verses] Reference
Sweetly and forgetfully. From Wordnik.com. [Hippolytus/The Bacchae] Reference
Parrhasius stood gazing forgetfully. From Wordnik.com. [Mosaics of Grecian History] Reference
(forgetfully released. From Wordnik.com. [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference
Mr Best’s quiet voice said forgetfully. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
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