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Webster 1913 Edition
Passively
Pas′sive-ly
,adv.
1.
In a passive manner; inertly; unresistingly.
2.
As a passive verb; in the passive voice.
Webster 1828 Edition
Passively
P`ASSIVELY
,adv.
1.
Without agency.2.
According to the form of the passive verb.