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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈæktɪvli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-actively.wav Forms: more actively [comparative], most actively [superlative]
Etymology: From late Middle English actyvely; equivalent to active + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|actyvely}} Middle English actyvely, {{af|en|active|-ly|id2=adverbial}} active + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} actively (comparative more actively, superlative most actively)
  1. In an active manner. Translations (in an active manner): بِنَشَاطٍ (binašāṭin) (Arabic), ակտիվորեն (aktivoren) (Armenian), activament (Catalan), aktivně (Czech), aktive (Esperanto), vilkkaasti (Finnish), aktiivisesti (Finnish), activement (French), activamente (Galician), aktiv (German), aktívan (Hungarian), attivamente (Italian), белсене (belsene) (Kazakh), aktywnie (Polish), ativamente (Portuguese), акти́вно (aktívno) (Russian), activamente (Spanish), enérgicamente (Spanish), aktivt (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-actively-en-adv-KAbES30f Disambiguation of 'in an active manner': 93 7
  2. (grammar) In the active form; not passive. Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (in the active form): activament (Catalan), aktiivisesti (Finnish), active (German), active (Latin), activamente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-actively-en-adv-b2wUiA2P Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 13 87 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 5 95 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'in the active form': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bioactively, nonactively, retroactively
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (9e2b7d3 and f2e72e5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.