How to pronounce passively in American English
“passively” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to passively the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “passively” in: all accents · British English (33 clips)
“passively” in real sentences — American speakers
90 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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predicatbly and passively is working.
Federal Reserve
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is actively corroding or passively corroding.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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also passively exchange gases while they're hibernating.
USGS
Words that sound like “passively”
Words one sound away from passively — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “passively”
Why real speech
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