Passively

Synonyms for "passively" (20 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Adverb(2 words)
docilelygrammatical passive
Adjective(1 words)
dormant system

Strong matches (6)

Related words (10)

Adverb(6 words)
Noun(2 words)
more noninteractivemost noninteractive

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

4 entries
adverb of mannergrammatical categorymanner adverbvoice construction

More specific

5 entries
inertlypassive clausepassive sentenceroboticallystoically

Collocations

5 entries
act passivelylisten passivelyobserve passivelyreact passivelyrespond passively

Inflections

2 entries
more passivelymost passively

Derivations

3 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He's learning Berber passively.

Source: tatoeba (8253369)

Yanni was learning Berber passively.

Source: tatoeba (9354364)

I passively understand German through Dutch, and it’s sort of easy.

Source: tatoeba (11170687)

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.

Source: tatoeba (12228183)

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