competently

1. 1.

   with competence; in a competent capable manner

   “they worked competently”

   Synonymsaptlyablycapably

   Antonymsincompetently

Questions about competently

What does competently mean?

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

How many syllables are in competently?

competently has 4 syllables: com-pe-tent-ly. The stress falls on "com". In IPA it is /ˈkɑmpətɪntli/.

What is another word for competently?

Close synonyms include aptly, ably, capably. 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.

What is the opposite of competently?

The recorded antonyms are incompetently.

Is competently a common word?

competently 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.