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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Even so, this book—the first comprehensive Debs biography since Nick Salvatore’s Bancroft Prize-winning classic of 1982—is competently researched, colorful and occasionally moving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
They can’t get the medical professionals that they need to do it competently.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
While there are lots of things most people can competently do on their own, filing for bankruptcy is not one of them.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
“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
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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