What does passive-aggressively mean?
Passive-aggressively means In a passive-aggressive manner..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
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?
Use passive-aggressively when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Passive-aggressively means In a passive-aggressive manner..
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[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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