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Webster 1913 Edition

adv.

In an active manner; nimbly; briskly; energetically; also, by one’s own action; voluntarily, not passively.

(Gram.)

In an active signification;

as, a word used

actively

adv.

in an active manner; by action; nimbly; briskly; also in an active signification, as a word is used actively.