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passively
[ pas-iv-lee ]
adverb
- without emotion, reaction, or resistance:
Shiloh passively watched the reactions of the crowd.
At the start of the play, she passively accepts her wretched lot in life.
- without active participation:
The walk signals can be activated manually with a push button or passively by means of a pedestrian detection system.
- in a way that indicates being affected by some action, external force, or cause:
The patient reports significant pain when the shoulders and pelvis are rotated passively in the same plane.
- in a way that does not involve machinery or electronic devices:
The building is on stilts, allowing air to circulate freely underneath, thereby passively cooling the living areas.
Deciduous trees are ideal because they drop their leaves in winter, when you want sunlight to passively heat your home.
- Grammar. using the passive voice, indicating that the subject undergoes the action of the verb:
The sentence was worded passively to avoid blaming anyone by name.
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of passively1
Example Sentences
Though many people have an image of producers just passively writing checks, the role of an active producer is important for the making of a movie.
"I couldn't just passively let the snake come to me. I had to remind myself of what my zodiac sign was, to encourage myself," she said.
“It’s a film where ideally you’re on the edge of your seat, leaning forward and participating as opposed to just receiving it passively,†says Barnes on a video call.
Leveraging how political power is often downstream from cultural power, Democrats must take the initiative by shaping the public’s mood and beliefs instead of passively responding to them.
Specifically, they used commercially available personal digital devices, limited data filtering, and entirely passively collected and noninvasive data.
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