passively

1. 1.

   in a passive manner

   “he listened passively”

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Questions about passively

What does passively mean?

passively means "in a passive manner".

How many syllables are in passively?

passively has 3 syllables: pas-sive-ly. The stress falls on "pas". In IPA it is /ˈpæsɪvli/.

What is the opposite of passively?

The recorded antonyms are actively.

Is passively a common word?

passively is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with passively?

1 word rhymes with passively. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.