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 couple proactively decided to have a cerclage done to keep Anna's cervix closed. —Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026

Learning to spend significant amounts of money proactively to unlock future growth was one of the essential mindset shifts in taking Scandit from a promising deep tech startup to a global company. —Samuel Mueller, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026

Address a gopher threat proactively through weed control and laying down barriers. —David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 11 Apr. 2026

This month, for the first time, Santiago Canyon College will proactively reverse the process, taking 12 SCC students on a tour of five historically Black colleges and universities. —Larry D. Urish, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for proactively

• interactively
• retroactively
• actively
• attractively
• radioactively