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competently, adv.|ˈkɒmpɪtəntlɪ|
[f. prec. adj. + -ly2.]
In a competent manner (see the adj.): † appropriately, suitably; sufficiently, adequately; † moderately, fairly, ‘pretty’; † comfortably (in circumstances); with legal competence.
c1440Promp. Parv. 89 Conably or competently, competenter. 1485Caxton Chas. Gt. 244, Xxx poure men be fedde and clothed competently. 1540–1Elyot Image Gov. 15 He dranke wyne not scarcely, nor to muche, but competently. 1611Coryat Crudities 363 They are competently stored with hemp. 1651Fuller Abel Rediv., Luther (1867) I. 58 He had his health competently well, but that sometimes he was troubled with the headache. 1660Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. i. ii. iii. §29 She is not competently instructed. 1779–81Johnson L.P., Butler, Wood mentions him as competently wealthy. 1837–9Hallam Hist. Lit. iii. ii. §27 note, That the reason itself shall be competently enlightened. 1884Ld. Selborne in Law Times Rep. 15 Mar. 60/2 Whether on that subject a bye⁓law might or might not have been competently made. |