All 3 Uses of
passive
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- I tell you, if I had stood by, tamely and passively, I should have hated myself, and merited the contempt of every man in existence.†
Chpt 15 *
- But, Nicholas and the doctor—who had been passive at first, doubting very much whether Mr Kenwigs could be in earnest—interfering to explain the immediate cause of his condition, the indignation of the matrons was changed to pity, and they implored him, with much feeling, to go quietly to bed.†
Chpt 36
- So long as he had been a passive instrument in his hands, Sir Mulberry had regarded him with no other feeling than contempt; but, now that he presumed to avow opinions in opposition to his, and even to turn upon him with a lofty tone and an air of superiority, he began to hate him.†
Chpt 50
Definition:
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(passive) accepting what happens without trying to take control or reacting strongly