"proactively" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: proactively [positive], more proactively [comparative], Superlativemost proactively
Etymology: proactive + -ly Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|proactive|ly}} proactive + -ly Head templates: {{adverb|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When you do something proactively, you do it ahead of time, because that will help prevent or solve a problem.
    Sense id: simple-proactively-en-adv-VlOdOld0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Adverbs, Terms suffixed with -ly
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