Passive-aggressively
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a passive-aggressive manner.
"[W]ould I like it if I left the dishes in the sink just once, and went into the next room to play my guitar, and Tom sighed all passive-aggressively and banged around the dishes as he sacrificingly cleaned them?"
Example
More examples"[W]ould I like it if I left the dishes in the sink just once, and went into the next room to play my guitar, and Tom sighed all passive-aggressively and banged around the dishes as he sacrificingly cleaned them?"
Etymology
From passive-aggressive + -ly.
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