competently
Americanadverb
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well or with sufficient skill, knowledge, experience, etc..
Everything was done professionally and very competently.
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adequately but not exceptionally.
The piece is competently performed, but no more.
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Example Sentences
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Competently made by Kenneth Branagh, this foundation story is a moderately diverting variation on a genre standard — some of it entertaining, much of it formulaic and little of it surprising.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2014
Competently directed and filmed, it ticks along like a pretty clock, right up to its happily-ever-after ending.
From Seattle Times • May 3, 2011
Competently done, they closely resembled the classical imitations on most of the world's public buildings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Competently played by the orchestra that commissioned it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Competently but without any heart for it, Father Edward J. Moffett worked in a suburban New York office, contributing to the Roman Catholic Foreign Mission Society's Maryknoll Magazine.
From Time Magazine Archive
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