activelyadverb
uk/ˈæk.tɪv.li/us/ˈæk.tɪv.li/B2 in a way that involves positive action:
He's very actively involved in (= does a lot of work for) the local party.
It's nice having a man who actively encourages me to spend money.
I've been actively looking for a job for six months.
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- I prefer teaching methods that actively involve students in learning.
- This is an interactive museum where children can actively manipulate the exhibits.
- He had actively sought a pardon from the president.
- We only recruit go-getters who will be actively involved in the company's development.
- The school has become a victim of its own success as parents with children who have special needs now actively seek it out.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Ways of achieving things
- a means to an end idiom
- another
- avenue
- basis
- best practice
- channel
- fair
- jump
- mean
- medium
- modality
- modus operandi
- one way or another idiom
- one-handed
- open sesame
- resort
- shortcut
- vein
- whereby
- workings
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