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   pas·sive·ly

   /ˈpasivlē/

   adverb

   • 1. in an accepting manner, without active response or resistance: "we don't have to sit passively by while others decide our fate"
   • 2. using the passive voice: "it is passively expressed that he was “carried up.”"
   • 3. from a transmitter or target rather than by generating a signal: "some cell phones passively receive data from geosynchronous satellites"
   • ▪ by making use of incident sunlight as an energy source: "passively heated homes"

   Scrabble Points: 17

   • P

     3

   • A

     1

   • S

     1

   • S

     1

   • I

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

   • L

     1

   • Y

     4

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