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Etymology

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initiative +‎ -ly

Adverb

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initiatively (not comparable)

  1. (nonstandard) On one's own initiative; without being prompted
    • 2015 September 12, “Graph Theoretical Analysis of BOLD Functional Connectivity during Human Sleep without EEG Monitoring”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      During the scanning process, subjects were asked to lie still with eyes open and not think initiatively.