He listened passively. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a passive member of a committee. ,to play a passive role. ,a passive hypnotic subject. ,a passive communications satellite. From Dictionary.com.
On the other hand, the married woman, having once yielded all, tends to remain passively in the man's companionship. From Wordnik.com. [Married Love: or, Love in Marriage] Reference
"What Heidegger has in mind is that in our recognition of a house, our synthesis is effected passively, that is, not through an act of volition.". From Wordnik.com. [Wives and Philosophers] Reference
There are some women such as Marie Boyer and Gabrielle Fenayrou, who may be described as passively criminal, chameleon-like, taking colour from their surroundings. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Remarkable Criminals] Reference
What Heidegger has in mind, though, is that in our recognition of a house, our synthesis of its various aspects is effected passively, that is, not through an act of volition. From Wordnik.com. [Wives and Philosophers] Reference
It its original form, general covariance was understood "passively"; that is, as a freedom to describe structures in spacetime by means of arbitrarily chosen coordinate systems. From Wordnik.com. [The Hole Argument] Reference
In the old TV world, we watched "passively" like couch potatoes. From Wordnik.com. [PC Authority] Reference
The panels have a dual function: "passively" protecting the building from the elements and. From Wordnik.com. [Clerical Whispers] Reference
Soon we might have long-range couponing, real-time interaction and 'passively' receiving coupons. From Wordnik.com. [ReadWriteWeb] Reference
Yushchenko was angered that Russia used ships from the fleet in the conflict with Georgia, saying this "passively" involved Ukraine in the war. From Wordnik.com. [Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty] Reference
While point 3 might scare some privacy advocates, it's very likely that customers would need to opt in before they "passively" received such advertising messages. From Wordnik.com. [ReadWriteWeb] Reference
He seemed to be passively accepting a very dire fate. From Wordnik.com. [When Nature is Nurture] Reference
It was never likely the Sunnis would accept this passively. From Wordnik.com. [McNamara, Rumsfeld and the Fog of War] Reference
The president could, conceivably, react passively to all this. From Wordnik.com. [Affirmative Inaction?] Reference
He's been waiting for a hearing on his case and not passively. From Wordnik.com. [Tour Champ Landis Still Fighting Drug-Test Rap] Reference
Maybe some of you are still passively changing your shopping habits. From Wordnik.com. [Joe Mirabella: We Got so Excited We Forgot We Were Mad at Target] Reference
On other levels we may either passively or actively invite suffering. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Gary Trosclair: Blessed Are Those Who Suffer?] Reference
I think they just want to make me passively uncomfortable, the pukes. From Wordnik.com. [Messages from Upstate] Reference
For example, Kaplan doesn't passively recite the results of infection. From Wordnik.com. [Three books on deadly creatures] Reference
May still act passively, taking in whatever toy or face comes near, Emotions. From Wordnik.com. [A Bundle Of Emotions] Reference
But standing by and watching wrongdoing without commenting is passively saying it's OK. From Wordnik.com. [Back Talk: Exploring Iraq’s War Marriages] Reference
Their mothers either sat passively nearby, watching, or buried their faces in magazines. From Wordnik.com. [Hey, Kid, Say Cheeeeese] Reference
They are not the ones that passively stay behind that Pfeffer talks about in his article. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Reynolds: Smart, Strong Women: Teach Others How to Treat Us] Reference
The new English-speakers aren't just passively absorbing the language -- they're shaping it. From Wordnik.com. [Not the Queen's English] Reference
Treasuries, instead of allowing their natural rolloff to passively decrease the money supply. From Wordnik.com. [Fed Outlook Weighs Down Street] Reference
But rock critic Ken Tucker says that this new album is neither combative or passively nostalgic. From Wordnik.com. [Merle Haggard: A Gruff Voice Filled With Vitality] Reference
And in a way, you kind of have to listen passively to what you're actually playing in your own song. From Wordnik.com. [Esperanza Spalding: It Takes A 'Society'] Reference
No longer should we sit passively while China's trade and currency policies jeopardize jobs here and elsewhere. From Wordnik.com. [China First] Reference
He worries that kids too passively absorb ready-made characters and dialogue served up by TV and high-tech games. From Wordnik.com. [Playing Ye Olde Way] Reference
Democrats, rather than just passively being defined by their opponents need to make their own case to the public. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [133] -- The Silly Season Begins] Reference
Traditionally, those who passively watched a fistfight could be held responsible if one of the participants got hurt. From Wordnik.com. [Have We Got A Deal For You] Reference
I was inMaine, passively pursuing an English degree and going off toNew Yorkon the weekends for the sometime modeling job. From Wordnik.com. [Cherchez l'homme (Look for the Man)(Revision)] Reference
Old-style philanthropy typically gave away large sums and then watched passively as the money was used by various nonprofits. From Wordnik.com. [The Vcs Take On Education Reform] Reference
The idea of sitting passively in his seat apparently never passed through the mind of Kanye West at last year's MTV music awards. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: When Psycho Flight Attendants Become Heroes] Reference
I didn't want to see, and now I have to see precisely my own part in passively refusing to grow up and gain my truth and my voice. From Wordnik.com. [Carol Smaldino: America's Politically Adolescent Behavior] Reference
For example, you can use widgets to passively monitor power consumption, stay updated on Facebook or the weather, and other services. From Wordnik.com. [Verizon has a star smart phone: Our first impressions of the Motorola Droid] Reference
Three million Madeline Mc Canns each year meriting less column space than any major fashion house, how can I just passively accept this?. From Wordnik.com. [Story to Forget] Reference
The resistance campaign against the occupation in Iraq is supported passively by all and actively by a few -- none wave the American flag. From Wordnik.com. [HEALTH STORIES OF '03] Reference
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