actively

English

Etymology

From late Middle English actyvely; equivalent to active +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæktɪvli/
• Hyphenation: ac‧tive‧ly

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Adverb

actively (comparative more actively, superlative most actively)

1. In an active manner.

   He was actively listening.

   She was actively working, not “sleeping on the job”.

2. (grammar) In the active form; not passive.

   Antonym: passively

   a word used actively

Derived terms

• bioactively
• nonactively
• retroactively

 

Translations

in an active manner

• Arabic: بِنَشَاطٍ (binašāṭin)
• Armenian: ակտիվորեն (hy) (aktivoren)
• Catalan: activament (ca)
• Czech: aktivně (cs)
• Esperanto: aktive
• Finnish: vilkkaasti (fi), aktiivisesti (fi)
• French: activement (fr)
• Galician: activamente (gl)
• German: aktiv (de)
• Hungarian: aktívan (hu)
• Italian: attivamente (it)
• Kazakh: белсене (belsene)
• Polish: aktywnie (pl)
• Portuguese: ativamente (pt)
• Russian: акти́вно (ru) (aktívno)
• Spanish: activamente (es), enérgicamente (es)
• Swedish: aktivt (sv)

in the active form

• Catalan: activament (ca)
• Finnish: aktiivisesti (fi)
• German: active
• Latin: active
• Spanish: activamente (es)