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passively

[ US /ˈpæsɪvɫi/ ]
[ UK /pˈɑːsɪvli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in a passive manner
    he listened passively

How To Use passively In A Sentence

  • He sat there passively, content to wait for his father to make the opening move.
  • Ophelia leaps about and barks, indignant at a style of hunting so contrary to her habits; and Sir Ralph, astride the stone railing, is smoking a cigar and, as usual, looking on impassively at other people's pleasure or vexation. Indiana
  • They want obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork. And just dumb enough to passively accept it. George Carlin 
  • Haptics include both our perceptions when we relate passively to our surroundings, and when we move and act.
  • Because the downgoing slab of lithosphere is heavier than the plastic asthenosphere below, it tends to sink passively; and the older the lithosphere, the steeper the dip.
  • With a distressed eyeroll at Seanglenn Beckhannity, and a weary headshake at Keithrachel Olbermaddowman, not to mention clenched fists of despair at TalkRadio VonHateScream, let me remind the rest of us -- aka. most people -- that just because the makers of so called News think Balanced and Thoughtful is some long-ago folk duo, it doesn't mean we should join in the sneerfest, and passively watch as standards continue to plummet. Roderick Spencer: Fake News Is the Real News
  • As for brownback passively rejected the appearence of a new species from an existing one, its not necessary to look farther than the story of Johny Appleseed to see observe such a phenomenon right in front of our very eyes. Balkinization
  • Jenny and Jim watched him get up passively from his seat at the kitchen table.
  • And aside from an overwrought moment or two, all four actors turn in gracefully subtle and passively implosive performances.
  • Builders today use similar methods for passively capturing solar energy.
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