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

… 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

And that might have to be proactively driven by the healthcare system instead of the government — in order to break the catch-22. —Simar Bajaj, NPR, 12 Aug. 2025

There is a tremendous opportunity ahead of us and these changes are about proactively setting up for scale and success. —Todd Spangler, Variety, 12 Aug. 2025

Democrats are exploring still more ways to proactively hit back at Trump’s power play in DC. —Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 12 Aug. 2025

There are methods for transitioning to new instrumentation, Colman, the meteorologist who used to work at NOAA, said, but the NWS would need to proactively plan for that changeover to maintain a consistent data record. —Meg Wilcox, Wired News, 9 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for proactively

• interactively
• retroactively
• actively
• attractively
• radioactively