capably

English

Etymology

From capable +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adverb

capably (comparative more capably, superlative most capably)

  1. In a capable manner.
    • 1922, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, The Worst Journey in the World:
      They will all go down in polar history as leaders, these men. I believe Bowers would also have made a great name for himself if he had lived, and few polar ships have been commanded as capably as was the Terra Nova, by Pennell.
    • 2017 November 1, Dave Sheinin, “Dodgers beat Astros, and an extraordinary World Series fittingly moves to Game 7”, in The Washington Post‎[1], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2 November 2017:
      Pederson capably channeled the emotions of every Dodgers fan in the building, punctuating his rowdy trip around the bases with a fist in the air, a chest-thump, a get-on-your-feet gesture to the crowd and a double-barreled finger-point to his dugout.
    • 2016, Tom Cunliffe, Hand, Reef and Steer: Traditional Sailing Skills for Classic Boats, →ISBN:
      Although it is more burdensome to handle than a Bermudan rig, a 'well-found gaff rig copes with heavy weather at least as capably as its triangular equivalent.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.