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What is the adverb for passive?

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passively
  1. In a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action.
  2. In an acquiescent manner; resignedly or submissively.
  3. (grammar) In the passive voice; having a passive construction.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “She passively endured the hardships of her life, never complaining or giving up.”
      “The sound of the waves crashing on the shore had a passively soothing effect on her, lulling her into a deep sleep.”
      “Tiny children sit passively by their parents, too weak and languid to play or run around, as cars flash past them.”
pacifically
  1. In a calm or quiet manner.
  2. In a soothing manner.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “To overcome this crisis democratically and pacifically, the majority of people are asking him to announce elections or simply resign.”
      “Conflicts within the Initiative are handled pacifically with the ambition of creating an occasion for collective progress.”
      “On the Phoenician coast, the cities chose to pacifically unite with him, except for Tyre which resisted him.”
pacifistically
pacifyingly
passivistically
  1. (rare) In a passivistic manner.
peaceably
  1. In a peaceable manner.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Nevertheless, John realized that not all tyrants could be peaceably overcome and offered specific advice about deposing them by force.”
      “That said, it is Western values that have allowed people of different religions, cultures, and ethnicities to live together peaceably.”
      “At this time, the humans and elves were able to live peaceably with each other.”
peacefully
  1. In a peaceful manner.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Gopinath gently glanced and saw that Nakshatra was sleeping peacefully under the warmth of the blanket.”
      “The two got along peacefully until changing social and economic circumstances drove them apart.”
      “But the demonstration ended peacefully, with protesters dispersing of their own accord.”
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