English Synonym Finder

passively

Definitions

In a way that accepts what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance.

In a manner characterized by a lack of initiative or participation.

Examples

He sat passively in the chair while the doctor examined his arm.

The company passively accepted the new regulations instead of challenging them in court.

Synonyms

submissively meekly indifferently apathetically quietly unresistingly placidly

Antonyms

actively aggressively assertively energetically dynamically forcefully vigorously