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passively
01
without taking action or showing opposition
Examples
She listened passively as the manager criticized her performance.
He stood passively while others argued over the decision.
02
by receiving a signal or energy rather than generating it
Examples
The radar system detects aircraft passively to avoid revealing its position.
Modern satellites can passively track weather data from space.
2.1
by using natural sources like sunlight
Examples
The building is designed to be passively cooled using cross-ventilation.
Sunlight passively warms the house through large south-facing windows.
03
(grammar) in a way that reflects passive grammatical construction, where the subject receives the action
Examples
The sentence was passively written to emphasize the result, not the agent.
It 's better to say " They made a mistake " than to express it passively as " A mistake was made. "
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