in a way that involves two-way communication or action between people, computers, or systems.
Students use tablets to learn science interactively in class.
Gamers chat and team up interactively during the match.
✦ Adverb formed by adding -ly to interactive, from Latin inter- ('mutually, together') + actus ('driven'), referring to mutual action.
involving two-way communication or the ability to respond to user input, as in a computer program, website, or exhibit.
The new video game is highly interactive.
She enjoyed the interactive storytelling app on her tablet.
✦ Formed in the early 19th century from 'interact,' which blends the Latin prefix 'inter-' (meaning 'between' or 'among') with 'act' (from Latin 'agere,' to do or drive); first attested around 1832 in contexts of mutual action.
