Tom can drive the car competently.
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Competently
Synonyms for "competently" (48 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (24)
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Translations
12 translations across 8 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- competentment adv (in a competent manner)
Finnish
4 entries- etevästi adv (in a competent manner)
- osaavasti adv (in a competent manner)
- pätevästi adv (in a competent manner)
- taitavasti adv (in a competent manner)
French
2 entries- avec compétence adv (in a competent manner)
- de façon compétente adv (in a competent manner)
Galician
1 entries- competentemente adv (in a competent manner)
Italian
1 entries- competentemente adv (in a competent manner)
Occitan
1 entries- competentament adv (in a competent manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- competentemente adv (in a competent manner)
Spanish
1 entries- competentemente adv (in a competent manner)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
In any language, those who use adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions competently are capable of writing good texts.
Source: tatoeba (13547555)
And on the end of the big table sat a pot of chicken and dumplings, the sad but tasty end of a tough red bird who had competently done his roosterly duty all his life, yet through no fault of his own had ended up a criminal.
Source: wiktionary
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