English-Italian translations for passively

• passivamente
  Non possiamo assistere passivamente a questi eventi. We cannot observe these events passively.
  Non possiamo più stare passivamente a guardare. We can no longer look on passively.
  Possiamo ignorare questi sviluppi, possiamo subirli passivamente, o possiamo prepararci. We could ignore it, we could passively submit to it, or we could prepare for it.

Definition of passively

• In a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action
• In an acquiescent manner; resignedly or submissively
• In the passive voice; having a passive construction

Related words

• passivization
• passivize