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Webster 1913 Edition


Passively

Pas′sive-ly

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adv.
1.
In a passive manner; inertly; unresistingly.
2.
As a passive verb; in the passive voice.

Webster 1828 Edition


Passively

P`ASSIVELY

,
adv.
With a passive nature or temper; with a temper disposed to submit to the acts of external agents,without resistance.
1.
Without agency.
2.
According to the form of the passive verb.