actively
pronunciation
How to pronounce actively in British English:
UK ['æktɪvli]
How to pronounce actively in American English:
US ['æktɪvli]
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- Adverb:
- in an active manner
Word Origin
- actively (adv.)
- c. 1400, "secularly," from active + -ly (2). Meaning "vigorously" is early 15c.
Example
- 1. They actively sympathize with directors who don 't have that arrangement .
- 2. Organizations can also actively take steps to help their introverts feel comfortable .
- 3. Rosen and hanemann have called on californians to actively lure chinese investment .
- 4. They actively sought out inspiration instead of just passively waiting for it to happen .
- 5. The republicans actively recruited him to run .