Antonyms for passivelypas·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

How to use passively in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Brigitte Crumple:

   People used to be content with passively watching or seeing, but these days they realize how fulfilling it is to actually participate, and they are hungry for more direct and visceral ways to remember their journeys.

3. USA Today:

   This [election] lie is like throwing gasoline on a fire. It guarantees further violence. The American people are unique. We do not passively accept our fate at the hands of tyrants. If our democracy is being stolen, we will rise up in arms. If I thought our democracy was being stolen, I’d have joined in support of the broader Jan. 6protests, if not the violence.

4. Charles R. Swindoll:

   People who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream of some distant ship coming in. Rather, they visualize in their minds that they are not quitters they will not allow life's circumstances to push them down and hold them under.

5. Mark Andrejevic:

   That this information can be gathered passively, at a distance, ought to give us pause.

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