passively
passively Lexical Profile
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• adverb
In an accepting or submissive manner, without active response, initiative, or resistance.
"The committee members listened passively to the lengthy proposal without raising a single objection."
By means of natural physical processes or existing design features rather than mechanical power, moving parts, or external energy input.
"The eco-friendly building is cooled passively through strategic window placement and thermal mass."
In grammar, by using the passive voice, in which the grammatical subject undergoes the action of the verb.
"In scientific reports, experimental procedures are often phrased passively to maintain an objective tone."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed from the adjective 'passive' plus the adverbial suffix '-ly'. 'Passive' derives from Late Middle English via Latin 'passivus' ('capable of feeling or suffering'), from the past participle stem of 'pati' ('to suffer or endure').