Synonyms for passively
pas·sive·ly

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1. passivelyadverb

   In a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action.

   Synonyms:
   automatically, mindlessly

2. passivelyadverb

   In an acquiescent manner; resignedly or submissively.

   Synonyms:
   submissively, resignedly

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1. passivelyadverb

   in a passive manner

   "he listened passively"

   Antonyms:
   actively

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1. List of paraphrases for "passively":

   negatively

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1. Read MoreLast week:

   If Andy Biggs has Andy Biggs way, Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger will be the party where truth-tellers and people that want to stand up for the Constitution, like Liz Cheney and Read MoreLast week, get kicked out of the party because there's no room for truth, so, I would encourage the rest of my colleagues in the Republican Party to not just passively resist that move, but to do it open and honestly.

2. Connie Hedegaard:

   People (in Denmark) think it makes a difference what you do, and it makes a difference whether you do something or not. You're not sitting passively waiting for somebody else, or for the politicians, to do it. That is something that hopefully could inspire others.

3. Sohrob Saeb:

   The main reason for the development of the app is to see if we can objectively and passively identify if people are depressed.

4. Chief Executive Bob Fornaro:

   The pricing environment remains very competitive, but we aren't just sitting passively by, we have upgraded our pricing systems, made modest revisions to our schedules, and adjusted our approach to inventory management.

5. Mario Savio:

   Theres a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious - makes you so sick at heart that you cant take part, you cant even passively take part. And you got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus and youve got to make it stop. And youve got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it that unless youre free, the machine will be prevented from working at all.