English-Spanish translations for passively

• pasivamente
  No podemos seguir contemplándolo pasivamente. We can no longer look on passively.
  Podríamos no hacer caso, podríamos someternos a ella pasivamente o podríamos prepararnos para hacerle frente. We could ignore it, we could passively submit to it, or we could prepare for it.
  ¿Cuántas veces ha observado pasivamente Europa la detención de una persona a la que ha condecorado? How many times has Europe watched passively whilst the one of its own laureates was detained?

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