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proactively

UK/pɹəʊˈæk.tɪv.li/US/pɹoʊˈæk.tɪv.li/

proactively adverb: in a proactive manner; so as to look or plan ahead.

Adverb

proactively (comparative more proactively, superlative most proactively)

  1. In a proactive manner; so as to look or plan ahead.
    • [D]uring each lecture, an observation journal was kept to record what happened in the classroom, focusing on whether and when students enjoyed or proactively participated in classroom activities.2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, in British Journal of Educational Technology, volume 48, number 5, page 1084
    • The best way to mitigate slopsquatting is for developers to proactively monitor every dependency and use tools to vet dependencies before adding them to projects, the vendor concluded.2025 April 14, Phil Muncaster, “AI Hallucinations Create “Slopsquatting” Supply Chain Threat”, in Infosecurity Magazine

Forms of proactively

comparativemore proactively
superlativemost proactively

Origin of proactively

From proactive + -ly.

Questions about proactively

What does proactively mean?
Proactively means in a proactive manner; so as to look or plan ahead.
What part of speech is proactively?
Proactively is an adverb.
How do you pronounce proactively?
Proactively is pronounced /pɹəʊˈæk.tɪv.li/ (UK).

Words near proactively in the dictionary

  1. proacted
  2. proacting
  3. proaction
  4. proactions
  5. proactive
  6. proactively
  7. proactiveness
  8. proactivism
  9. proactivist
  10. proactivists
  11. proactivity

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