forgetful

[ Eng.forget; -ful ( 1 ).] 1. Easıly losing the memory or remembrance of things; liable to forget. "Bear with me, good boy, I am much forgetful." Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar, iv. 3. 2. Inattentive, negligent; neglectful; carele , heedle "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers."- Heb. xiii. 2. *3. Rash, inconsiderate. "That rash humour, which my mother gave me, Makes me forgetful ." Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar, iv. 3. *4. Causing forgetfulne or oblivion; oblivious. "If the sleepy drench Of that forgetful lake benumn not still." Milton: P. L., ii. 74. for-get-fül-ly, adv . [Eng. forgetful ; -ly.] In a forgetful manner. "Silently, thankfully, and forgetfully to accept the oppre ion."-South. Sermons, vol. viii., ser. 14.