actively

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈæktɪvli/

Definition of actively

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. In an active manner.
    “He was actively listening.”
    “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.”
    “It makes me feel better that I’m not the only one who fantasizes about being struck down by a meteor on my way to work. Mind you, I’m not actively suicidal at all. I just kinda think being dead without actually killing myself would be easier and way less exhausting.””
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adv

  1. In an active manner.
    “He was actively listening.”
    “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.”
    “It makes me feel better that I’m not the only one who fantasizes about being struck down by a meteor on my way to work. Mind you, I’m not actively suicidal at all. I just kinda think being dead without actually killing myself would be easier and way less exhausting.””
  2. In the active form; not passive.
    “a word used actively”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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

Words you can make from actively

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1 word

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46 words

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