passive-aggressively en · ADV
Etymology
From passive-aggressive + -ly.
Meanings
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In a passive-aggressive manner.
[W]ould I like it if I left the dishes in the sink just once, and went into the next room to play my guitar, and Tom sighed all passive-aggressively and banged around the dishes as he sacrificingly cleaned them?
2008, Nerissa Nields, “Forgiveness”, in How to Be an Adult: A Musician’s Guide to Navigating Your Twenties, Northampton, Mass.: Mercy House Publishing, →ISBN, part 2 (Taking Care of the Vehicle That Is You), page 60:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most passive-aggressively | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more passive-aggressively | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |