reactively
After the fact
Reactively means in response to something rather than in anticipation of it.
A government that acts reactively addresses problems only after they emerge: We've been managing this crisis reactively instead of planning ahead.
The word often carries a mildly critical tone, implying that proactive approaches would be preferable.
In an adjusting manner
- flexiblyIn an adaptable manner
- dynamicallyIn a changing manner
- correspondinglyIn a matching way
- reciprocallyIn mutual exchange
accommodatingly · sensitively · elastically · responsively · consequently · accordingly · commensurately · proportionally
Instinctive and unconsidered
- instinctiveArising without conscious thought
- impulsiveActing without deliberation
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
- unthinkingLacking conscious thought
visceral · automatic · spontaneous · mechanical · unconscious · innate · primitive · hardwired
By fixed computational steps
- systematicallyIn organized, planned fashion
- procedurallyBy fixed method
- computationallyBy means of calculation
- event-drivenTriggered by occurrences
coded · scripted · automated · programmed · observable · asynchronously · declaratively
Wary and restrained
- retaliatoryDone as payback
- protectiveServing to guard
- combativeInclined toward conflict
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
antagonistic · confrontational · resistant · territorial · aggressive · counterattacking · oppositional · defiant
adaptively
In an adjusting manner
- flexiblyIn an adaptable manner
- dynamicallyIn a changing manner
- correspondinglyIn a matching way
reciprocally · accommodatingly · sensitively · elastically · responsively · consequently · accordingly · commensurately · proportionally
knee-jerk
Instinctive and unconsidered
- instinctiveArising without conscious thought
- impulsiveActing without deliberation
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
unthinking · visceral · automatic · spontaneous · mechanical · unconscious · innate · primitive · hardwired · snap
algorithmically
By fixed computational steps
- systematicallyIn organized, planned fashion
- procedurallyBy fixed method
- computationallyBy means of calculation
event-driven · coded · scripted · automated · programmed · observable · asynchronously · declaratively
guarded
Wary and restrained
- retaliatoryDone as payback
- protectiveServing to guard
- combativeInclined toward conflict
hostile · antagonistic · confrontational · resistant · territorial · aggressive · counterattacking · oppositional · defiant · wary
reactivelyproactively
Acting before required
deliberately · actively · intentionally · strategically · by design
reactivelyproactively
Acting before required
preemptively · anticipatorily · preventively · prophylactically · in advance
- reactive armorExplosive-lined protective plating