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forgettably

forgettably

6.0
People do not remember it easily
  • adverb
  • /fərˈɡɛtəblɪ/
translation icon : olvidablemente
  • His forgettably bland speech failed to engage anyone in the room.

Examples

  • Films dominated zombie pop culture for years, most of them forgettably bad.

    Academic text (2010)

  • The restaurant's forgettably dull menu made it hard to choose anything.

  • And so she marries an officer of rather dubious noble title who were called quite forgettably, the Marquis de la Mott.

  • The movie was forgettably boring, leaving no impression on the audience.

Synonyms

unmemorably
vsforgettably
7.3

In a way that does not stay in your mind

emphasizes how details are easily overlooked or quickly fade away

How Memorable

memorably
7 3.3
forgettably
6.0

Surface Forms

forgettably positive

Morphology

forgettably = forgettable (transparent) = forget + able + ly

The adverb is formed regularly from the adjective 'forgettable' by adding '-ly', and 'forgettable' is transparently formed from 'forget' + '-able'.

Etymology

Forgettably comes from the verb forget plus the parts -able and -ly. Forget means 'to lose a memory' or 'not remember', -able means 'can be', and -ly makes it about how something is done, so forgettably means 'in a way that can be easily forgotten'.