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actively

Syllables: ac·tive·ly/ˈæktɪvli/

actively adverb: in an active manner.

Adverb

actively (comparative more actively, superlative most actively)

  1. In an active manner.
    • He was actively listening.
    • She was actively working, not “sleeping on the job”.
  2. In the active form; not passive.
    • a word used actively
    Antonyms:
    passively

actively meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

actively in Hindi

सक्रिय रूप से, सक्रियता से

actively in Tamil

சுறுசுறுப்பாக செயல்படுதல்

actively in Marathi

सक्रियपणे, सक्रीयपणे

actively in Bengali

সক্রিয়ভাবে
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actively in Malayalam
ചുറുചുറുക്കായി, പ്രസരിപ്പോടെ, ഉത്സാഹപ്പെടുത്തുക, റേഡിയോ ആക്‌റ്റീവാക്കുക
actively in Kannada
ಹುರುಪಿನಿಂದ, ಹುರುಪಿನ
actively in Punjabi
ਸਰਗਰਮੀ ਨਾਲ, ਸਰਗਰਮ ਤੌਰ'ਤੇ
actively in Gujarati
સક્રિયપણે, સક્રિય રીતે
actively in Odia
ସକ୍ରିଯ଼ ଭାବେ
actively in Arabic
بِنَشَاطٍ binašāṭin

Examples of actively in a sentence

  • Defying this, Western queer culture actively defuses from cisnormative values, yet in so doing may also fuse with their new, queernormative value constructs.2020, Alex Stitt, ACT for Gender Identity: The Comprehensive Guide, page 202:
  • Mind you, I’m not actively suicidal at all.2023 December 2, Tim Graham, “American Psychological Association Announces “Feeling Like Dying But Not Really Suicidal” New Baseline For...

Antonyms of actively

Forms of actively

comparativemore actively
superlativemost actively

Origin of actively

From late Middle English actyvely; equivalent to active + -ly.

Words formed from actively

Questions about actively

What does actively mean?
Actively means in an active manner.
What is actively in Hindi?
Actively in Hindi is सक्रिय रूप से, सक्रियता से. See Actively meaning in Hindi.
How do you use actively in a sentence?
Defying this, Western queer culture actively defuses from cisnormative values, yet in so doing may also fuse with their new, queernormative value constructs.
What part of speech is actively?
Actively is an adverb.
How do you pronounce actively?
Actively is pronounced /ˈæktɪvli/.

Words near actively in the dictionary

  1. active voices
  2. active volcano
  3. active volcanoes
  4. active volcanos
  5. active-duty
  6. actively
  7. activeness
  8. activenesses
  9. actives
  10. activewear
  11. activin

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: actively (page history and authors); actively (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); actively (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); actively (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); actively (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); actively (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); actively (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); actively (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); actively (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); actively (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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