Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a competent manner; sufficiently; adequately; suitably; fitly; rightly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a competent manner; adequately; suitably.
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- adverb In a
competent manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with competence; in a competent capable manner
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Examples
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Skepticism – learning to evaluate information: With the rapid growth of information, the ability of users to evaluate and use information competently is a key issue in developing digitally literate students.
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Skepticism – learning to evaluate information: With the rapid growth of information, the ability of users to evaluate and use information competently is a key issue in developing digitally literate students.
February 2008 2008
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The only branch of government currently led competently is the judiciary.
Punditry done wrong David 2007
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Second, Obama does more than speak 'competently' - he speaks to actual competence.
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And Garmin’s three wattage-reading GPS bike computers offer so many other features that wattage tracking, which they do quite competently, is almost incidental.
Wrenched & Ridden: The iBike Dash turns an iPhone into a power-reading bike computer 2010
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Hanscombe said he learned Napper could have been caught earlier if relevant investigations had been conducted "competently" only a short time before Napper pleaded guilty in 2008.
IPCC orders police to apologise over Rachel Nickell murderer 2010
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"competently" staffed as before - with eminent bankers, central bankers and bank supervisors.
Eurozine articles Lucas Zeise 2010
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If such a right existed, government agencies would be motivated to perform their jobs competently.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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In other words, relief for ineffective assistance of counsel requires that a convicted defendant show that the result of the trial likely would have been different if the attorney had acted competently.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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How have you trained your altar servers to serve competently and reverently as well?
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