Alive
Alive adjective - Having or showing life.
Proceeding and alive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proceeding" instead an adjective "Alive".
Proceeding
Proceeding adjective - Being in progress or development.
Usage example: currently proceeding projects include construction of a new school gym
Alive and proceeding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alive" instead an adjective "Proceeding".
Both words in one sentence
- Elena and co are okay with proceeding with Klaus's ritual in which Elena, a vampire and a werewolf have to be sacrificed, once they figure out how to keep her alive.
Source: Protagonist-Centered Morality - The Last Man was written after she lost most or all of her friends and family, and consists of her proceeding to Kill 'em All, quite literally, to the point that her narrator was the only person alive on the entire planet Earth.
Source: Creator Breakdown / Literature -
The Big Damn Kiss: In the penultimate chapter, after it is revealed that Iwata is in fact alive in every sense of the word, Matsuya gives him one of these... before proceeding to pummel him in true Matsuya style.
Source: Manga / Excel Saga
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