passively

Definitions

• In a passive manner; without action; unresistingly.—2.As a passport passive verb; in the passive voice: opposed to actively.  …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary  (view on wordnik.com)
• In a passive manner; inertly; unresistingly. adverb  …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English  (view on wordnik.com)
• As a passive verb; in the passive voice. adverb  …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English  (view on wordnik.com)
• In a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action. adverb  …☝️ Source: Wiktionary  (view on wordnik.com)
• In an acquiescent manner; resignedly or submissively. adverb  …☝️ Source: Wiktionary  (view on wordnik.com)
• In the passive voice; having a passive construction. adverb  …☝️ Source: Wiktionary  (view on wordnik.com)
• in a passive manner adverb  …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0  (view on wordnik.com)
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Translations from Ord

• passivDanish
• passivGerman
• passivUzbek
• passivSwedish
• passifFrench
• pasívnosťSlovak
• пассивKazakh
• пассивRussian
• пасивUkrainian
• 被動Chinese

Rhymes from CMU pronouncing dictionary

• impassively
• massively
• aggressively
• cohesively
• comprehensively
• compulsively
• conclusively
• decisively
• defensively
• derisively
• derisively
• effusively
• excessively
• exclusively
• expensively
• explosively
• extensively
• impressively
• impulsively
• inconclusively

Neighbors, alphabetically speaking

• passionflower
• passioning
• passionless
• passionlessly
• passionlessness
• passivate
• passivated
• passivating
• passivation
• passive
• passively
• passiveness
• passivism
• passivist
• passivities
• passivity
• passkey
• passless
• passman
• passmen

Superstrings words that contain this word

• impassively