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proactively

adv
/pɹəʊˈæk.tɪv.li/UK/pɹoʊˈæk.tɪv.li/US

Etymology

From proactive + -ly.

  1. derived from *h₂éǵeti✻
  2. derived from activus
  3. derived from actif
  4. inherited from actyf
  5. prefixed as proactive — “pro + active”
  6. formed as proactively — “proactive + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In a proactive manner

    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.
    • 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.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA