passive-aggressively

English

Etymology

From passive-aggressive +‎ -ly.

Adverb

passive-aggressively (comparative more passive-aggressively, superlative most passive-aggressively)

  1. In a passive-aggressive manner.
    • 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:
      [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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