Synonyms for competently

Grammar : Adv

Spell : kom-pi-tuhnt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒm pɪ tənt

Définition of competently

Origin : late 14c., "suitable," from Old French competent "sufficient, appropriate, suitable," from Latin competentem (nominative competens), present participle of competere "coincide, agree" (see compete). Meaning "able, fit" is from 1640s. Legal sense is late 15c.

adv capably

Example sentences :

He furnished the demand and the soil was there competently with the supply.
Extract from : « Cobb's Bill-of-Fare » by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb

This was a situation, not for bluster and rage, but to be competently grappled with.
Extract from : « McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 » by Various

Its all here, every inch of it, she competently continued, and now at last I can do what I want!
Extract from : « The Two Magics » by Henry James

And if you cannot do it competently without, use a well-composed form.
Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Part 2 of 4) » by Richard Baxter

I hope you will see him—he will speak of me competently and kindly.
Extract from : « The Letters of Henry James (volume I) » by Henry James

Maybe I am only going-on-eighteen, but I'm doing a man's work, and I'm doing it competently.
Extract from : « Four-Day Planet » by Henry Beam Piper

I intended that thrust to strike home, but she turned it off most competently.
Extract from : « Lady Baltimore » by Owen Wister

"Yes, we'll do that," she said competently, and looked after him with smiling eyes.
Extract from : « The Judge » by Rebecca West

She packed his bag for him competently, and telephoned for his car.
Extract from : « The Tin Soldier » by Temple Bailey

Jeeves shimmered in with the glass, and stuck it competently on the table.
Extract from : « My Man Jeeves » by P. G. Wodehouse

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