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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

actively

/ˈæktɪvli/

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What does actively mean?

adverb

  1. In an active manner.
  2. In the active form; not passive.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈæktɪvli/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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While actively engaged in the House of Commons and in the courts of law, he still found leisure for letters and philosophy.
Mark TwainWhat Is Man? and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #70
James Bellingham had been the adviser of her son throughout, and might be said to have actively promoted his connection with Lapham.
William Dean HowellsThe Rise of Silas LaphamProject Gutenberg ebook #154
More book examples (3)
He said nothing for a time, but stood looking at the picture, while the copyist began actively to dabble with her paint.
Henry JamesThe AmericanProject Gutenberg ebook #177
On the day after that, the legs do not move, but the antennae, the palpi and the ovipositor continue to flutter actively.
Jean-Henri FabreBramble-Bees and OthersTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3421
Meanwhile, in his conversation with Raffles, he had learned something momentous, something which entered actively into the struggle of his longings and terrors.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145