Passively

adverb

Word Frequency: 1.8

Definitions

1.adverbIn a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action.

2.adverbIn an acquiescent manner; resignedly or submissively.

3.adverb(grammar) In the passive voice; having a passive construction.

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