S vs Passively - What's the difference?
s | passively |
The nineteenth letter of the .
voiceless alveolar fricative
Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur
Symbols for SI units
----
In a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action.
* 2000 , Brian D. Wisenden, "Scents of Danger", in Animal Signals: signalling and signal design in animal communication , page 369
* 2007 , Klaus Dieter Budras, et al.'', ''Anatomy of the Dog , page 188
In an acquiescent manner; resignedly or submissively.
* 1997 , Gary A. Olson, Todd W. Taylor, Publishing in Rhetoric and Composition , page 218
* 1998 , Wallace Collins, Dragon Fire , page 9
(grammar) In the passive voice; having a passive construction.
* 2008 , Timothy J. Conlan, Alice M. Rivlin, & Paul L. Posner, Intergovernmental Management for the Twenty-first Century , page 214
As a letter s
is the letter s with a.As an adverb passively is
in a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action.s
Translingual
{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)Letter
Symbol
(wikipedia) (mul-symbol)See also
(Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }}passively
English
Adverb
(-)- Water flowed passively between tanks via the siphon.
- Due to this pressure aortic and pulmonary valves are opened passively and due to relaxation blood is sucked from the venae cavae into the atrium.
- Paradoxically, the same faculty who complain about busyness are most likely to end up waiting passively . While they acquiescently wait to write, they busy themselves with other, often trivial, activities.
- They were not waving at him but sat passively as if waiting to hear if what he had to say would be derogatory to their previous relationship.
- Statements phrased in an active voice, with a few outcome-oriented goals, improve school performance more than those stated passively with either multiple goals or goals focused on processes or behaviors.