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English
Etymology
From late Middle English actyvely; equivalent to active + -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæktɪvli/
- Hyphenation: ac‧tive‧ly
Adverb
actively (comparative more actively, superlative most actively)
- In an active manner.
He was actively listening.
She was actively working, not “sleeping on the job”.
2020, Alex Stitt, ACT for Gender Identity: The Comprehensive Guide, page 202:Defying this, Western queer culture actively defuses from cisnormative values, yet in so doing may also fuse with their new, queernormative value constructs.
- (grammar) In the active form; not passive.
- Antonym: passively
a word used actively
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