actively
//ˈæktɪvli//
Forms
- Comparative
- more actively
- Superlative
- most actively
Definitions
1.In an active manner.
- She was actively working, not “sleeping on the job”.
- Defying this, Western queer culture actively defuses from cisnormative values, yet in so doing may also fuse with their new, queernormative value constructs.
2.In the active form; not passive.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4180
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From late Middle English actyvely; equivalent to active + -ly.