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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They also know that, as Afghanistan showed, those complex consular issues can become for much of the public the most vivid way of judging how competently the government is handling an international crisis.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
In a press release issued Friday, Wilson said the company’s transition announcement was a “tremendous failure by the Board to competently plan for the future and manage an effective succession process.”
From Barron's • Dec. 13, 2025
“Beneficiaries of an estate can ask to remove a personal representative when they have demonstrated that they cannot competently manage estate affairs,” according to the Martin Law Office LLC.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 23, 2025
Kevin Hettig, Corona del Mar: With his team 8-0 and tough games ahead, Hettig has quietly and competently prepared the Sea Kings to stay focused and keep improving each week.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025
In fact, Mayor Clarkson had agreed that the vast majority of black nurses were doing their work both competently and honestly.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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