Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PAS'SIVE-LY
PAS'SIVE-LY, adv.
- With a passive nature or temper; with a temper disposed to submit to the acts of external agents, without resistance. – Dryden.
- Without agency. – Pearson.
- According to the form of the passive verb. – Lilly.
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