capably

1. 1.

   with competence; in a competent capable manner

   “they worked competently”

   Synonymscompetentlyaptlyably

Questions about capably

What does capably mean?

capably means "with competence; in a competent capable manner".

How many syllables are in capably?

capably has 3 syllables: ca-pa-bly. The stress falls on "ca".

What is another word for capably?

Close synonyms include competently, aptly, ably. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is capably a common word?

capably is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.