He's learning Berber passively.
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Passively
Synonyms for "passively" (12 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Adverb(1 words)
Strong matches (3)
Related words (6)
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4 entriesRelated terms
7 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 13 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- պասսիվորեն adv (in a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action)
Catalan
1 entries- passivament adv (in a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action)
Finnish
4 entries- hiljaisesti adv (in an acquiescent manner; resignedly)
- passiivisesti adv (in a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action)
- passiivisesti adv (in an acquiescent manner; resignedly)
- tahattomasti adv (in a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action)
French
1 entries- passivement adv (in a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action)
German
1 entries- passiv adv (in a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action)
Italian
1 entries- passivamente adv (in a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action)
Norwegian
1 entries- passivt adv (in a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action)
Polish
2 entries- biernie adv (in a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action)
- pasywnie adv (in a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action)
Portuguese
1 entries- passivamente adv (in a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action)
Russian
2 entries- пасси́вно adv (in a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action)
- пасси́вно adv (in an acquiescent manner; resignedly)
Slovak
3 entries- nečinne adv (in an acquiescent manner; resignedly)
- pasívne adv (in a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action)
- pasívne adv (in an acquiescent manner; resignedly)
Spanish
1 entries- pasivamente adv (in a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action)
Turkish
1 entries- pasif olarak adv (in a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Yanni was learning Berber passively.
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I passively understand German through Dutch, and it’s sort of easy.
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The visitors arrive at the island of Espanola. Dozens of sea lions looking like huge overstuffed sausages are flopped out on the beach. Marine iguanas lie passively on the ground or move around noiselessly, ignoring the visitors.
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