Examples of 'passively' in a sentence

Meaning of "passively"

Passively is an adverb that describes something done without active participation or resistance. It indicates a lack of action or initiative and often implies a state of being acted upon rather than actively engaging. In contrast to active behavior, passive behavior involves observing or accepting without active response or involvement
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  • In a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action.
  • In an acquiescent manner; resignedly or submissively.
  • In the passive voice; having a passive construction.

How to use "passively" in a sentence

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Plankton passively drifting or weakly swimming organisms.
Enable your body to passively gain strength.
To passively adore them is an insult to our potential.
We will no longer passively sit on the sidelines.
They should not be allowed to stand by passively.
And if you just passively make it through.
We can not observe these events passively.
They were passively mobile planktonic suspension feeders.
He would always act like he was passively a victim.
We do not passively resign ourselves to his attacks.
Time is not something you are passively tracking.
Actively passively mode locked amplifier system.
Immunity can be acquired either actively or passively.
They do not wait passively waiting for it.
One million understand a large amount passively.

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But she behaves passively like an intern.
Stretching the muscle in a prone position passively.
He wants us to passively accept whatever lies he tells us.
The collar and trunk follow passively.
Allow your body to passively gain strength.
So the angry subjects who sat passively.
Do not just passively attend these events.
The woman just lies there passively.
They do not just passively learn either.
Your information may be collected actively or passively.
We do not wait passively longing for heaven.
At least these media can be consumed passively.
I only buy passively invested index products.
Such beams can be combined actively or passively.
Personal data that is passively or automatically collected.
You can not market anything passively.
The chamber is passively ventilated between measurements.
The rest of us just seem to accept it passively.
To sit there and passively receive information.
We collect information both actively and passively.
We do not just passively perceive the world.
The difference is that ETFs are passively managed.
Responding passively by waiting until someone attempts to.
Device locating automobiles either actively or passively.
I prefer investing in passively managed index funds.
Protective immunity can also be given passively.
They do not merely passively consume media.
This definitely is not a show to watch passively.
People are accustomed to passively observing their content.
But do not just read this passively.
The plies are passively bonded to one another.
Both of them said to me one kind of passively.
It can not be mediated or passively acquired as a foreign investment.
I no longer wanted to float through life passively.
Microparticles may be either passively or actively coated.

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