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

Data can also help businesses proactively monitor industry-wide trends and customer challenges to better predict resourcing and product capacity. — Rick Elliott, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Invite to Apply enables job posters to reduce time-to-hire by proactively contacting qualified candidates. — Audrey Payne, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026

Most plans impose a 30-day waiting period before the first claim is eligible — which reinforces the principle of securing coverage proactively, before exposure materializes. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026

Barrett said the group isn’t seeking for information about individuals in immigration court to be proactively published in a database, the way information for criminal cases can be accessed via online databases. — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 11 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for proactively

• attractively
• actively
• interactively
• retroactively
• radioactively