English-Portuguese translations for passively

• passivamente
  Não podemos testemunhar estes acontecimentos passivamente. We cannot observe these events passively.
  Não podemos continuar a assistir passivamente. We can no longer look on passively.
  Poderíamos ignorar essa realidade, submeter-nos passivamente a ela, ou preparar-nos para a enfrentar. 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