actively

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

actively (comparative more actively, superlative most actively)

In an active manner.
He was actively listening.

She was actively working, not “sleeping on the job”.
- 2020, Alex Stitt, ACT for Gender Identity: The Comprehensive Guide‎, page 202:
  Defying this, Western queer culture actively defuses from cisnormative values, yet in so doing may also fuse with their new, queernormative value constructs.
- 2023 December 2, Tim Graham, “American Psychological Association Announces “Feeling Like Dying But Not Really Suicidal” New Baseline For Normal Mental Health”, in The Hard Times‎, archived from the original on 2 August 2025:
  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.”
(grammar) In the active form; not passive.
Antonym: passively

a word used actively

in an active manner

in the active form