proactively

adverb

pro·​ac·​tive·​ly (ˌ)prō-ˈak-tiv-lē 

: in a proactive manner : in a way that anticipates future problems, needs, or changes

Leaders … can predict potential team challenges and address them proactively.

—Jimi Gibson

… a system that allows us to alert customers if there's an issue with travel, whether their flight is delayed or proactively letting them know there is a transit strike in New York, or whatever.

—Steven Barnhart

By working proactively with charter organizations and other outside groups, district leaders could take a role in shaping the array of new alternative schools so that it benefits students most …

—Los Angeles Times

Examples of proactively in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The system would also be designed to respond proactively to events, rather than waiting for explicit instructions. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026

Directly marketing toward younger and younger clientele, fertility clinics compel women to shell out tens of thousands of dollars to proactively preserve their fertility. — Pooja Yerramilli, STAT, 28 Oct. 2026

The All in For Oxford CT group on Facebook has endorsed the project, and is encouraging residents to press local government to proactively encourage more housing and offer guidance for where affordable apartments should be proposed. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026

But Prince William, 44, is using it to proactively further some of the causes and beliefs that underpin his working life. — Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for proactively

• attractively
• actively
• interactively
• retroactively
• radioactively