Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reactively

/ɹiːˈæk.tɪv.li/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: re-ac-tive-ly
IPA: /ɹiːˈæk.tɪv.li/

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a reactive fashion.

adv

In relation to or by means of a reaction.

Example Sentences

"The infant responds reactively to stimuli."
"The films were reactively bonded."

Etymology

Etymology tree English react Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English reactive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English reactively From reactive + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more reactively (comparative) most reactively (superlative)

Derived Forms

immunoreactively

Antonyms

proactively

Questions

How do you pronounce reactively?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹiːˈæk.tɪv.li/.
What does reactively mean?: In a reactive fashion.
Where does reactively come from?: Etymology tree English react Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English reactive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English reactively From reactive + -ly.

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