proactively

[proh-ak-tiv-lee]

adverb

1. in advance and in order to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence, especially a negative or challenging one.

   I’m glad to be working with an IT company that's proactively strategizing for the future instead of reacting to yesterday's issues.

Word History and Origins

Origin of proactively¹

proactive ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

He added: “The arsonist set the first fire, but the Fire Department proactively has a duty to do certain things.”

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As part of this we dedicated a further 200 officers to proactively uncovering and dealing with wrongdoing.

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Labour Together said the group had "proactively raised concerns about its own reporting of donations to the Electoral Commission in 2020".

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A "duty to assist" was required too - to force officials to proactively supply information to inquiries.

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"We use technologies to proactively find and shut down dealers' accounts, block search results for a wide range of drug-related terms and support law enforcement efforts," a spokesperson added.

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