Definition of Competently

1. Adverb. With competence; in a competent capable manner. "They worked competently"

Exact synonyms: Ably, Aptly, Capably
Partainyms: Able, Apt, Capable, Competent
Antonyms: Incompetently

Definition of Competently

1. adv. In a competent manner; adequately; suitably.

Definition of Competently

1. Adverb. In a competent manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Competently

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Competently

compers
compersion
compesce
compesced
compesces
compete
competed
competence
competence hearing
competences
competencies
competency
competency-based education
competent
competent cell
competently
competentness
competes
competible
competibleness
competing
competing(a)
competing risk
competingly
competition
competition hybridisation
competitional
competitionless
competitionlike
competitions

Literary usage of Competently

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Treatise on the Law of Arbitration in Scotland by John Montgomerie Bell (1877)
"CRAP. CHAP. I. The Parties to the Contract of Submission. II. What subjects may competently be submitted to Arbitration. CHAPTER I. THE PARTIES TO THE ..."

2. The American and English Encyclopaedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, James Cockcroft, Lucius Polk McGehee, Charles Porterfield (1904)
"The term "substantially" means really; truly; essentially ; competently ; * in a substantial manner ; in substance.* SUBSTANTIVE. ..."

3. California Jurisprudence: A Complete Statement of the Law and Practice of by William Mark McKinney (1922)
"... the fact of prior conviction being elsewhere competently stated in the record.4 It merely renders the judgment erroneous, but the error does not affect ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence in Scotland by William Gillespie Dickson, John Skelton (1864)
"... to prove which he could not competently have been adduced and examined according to the existing law and practice of Scotland, it shall not be competent ..."

5. A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and by Hugh Barclay, Scotland (1855)
"It has been decided, after consulting English counsel, that a Scotch justice of the peace may competently act in England in taking an affidavit in reference ..."

6. A Treatise on the Law of Scotland Relative to Parent and Child and Guardian by Lord Patrick Fraser Fraser, Hugh Cowan (1866)
"competently A minor also, without their consent, may execute a testament (h). Power of The property over which the minor has liberty to test, is, ..."

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