"competently" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: En-us-competently.ogg Forms: more competently [comparative], most competently [superlative]
Etymology: From competent + -ly. Etymology templates: {{af|en|competent|-ly|id2=adverbial}} competent + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} competently (comparative more competently, superlative most competently)
  1. In a competent manner. Translations (in a competent manner): competentment (Catalan), pätevästi (Finnish), osaavasti (Finnish), taitavasti (Finnish), etevästi (Finnish), avec compétence (French), de façon compétente (French), competentemente (Galician), competentemente (Italian), competentament (Occitan), competentemente (Portuguese), competentemente (Spanish)
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