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initiatively

initiatively adverb: on one's own initiative; without being prompted.

Adverb

initiatively (not comparable)

  1. (nonstandard) On one's own initiative; without being prompted
    • During the scanning process, subjects were asked to lie still with eyes open and not think initiatively.2015 September 12, “Graph Theoretical Analysis of BOLD Functional Connectivity during Human Sleep without EEG Monitoring”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of initiatively

From initiative + -ly.

Questions about initiatively

What does initiatively mean?
Initiatively means on one's own initiative; without being prompted.
What part of speech is initiatively?
Initiatively is an adverb.

Words near initiatively in the dictionary

  1. initiation codons
  2. initiational
  3. initiationism
  4. initiations
  5. initiative
  6. initiatively
  7. initiativeness
  8. initiatives
  9. initiator
  10. initiatories
  11. initiatorily

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