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passive-aggressively

adv

Etymology

From passive-aggressive + -ly.

Definitions

  1. 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?

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