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capably

capably adverb: in a capable manner.

Adverb

capably (comparative more capably, superlative most capably)

  1. In a capable manner.
    • 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.1922, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, The Worst Journey in the World
    • 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.2017 November 1, Dave Sheinin, “Dodgers beat Astros, and an extraordinary World Series fittingly moves to Game 7”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC...

Forms of capably

comparativemore capably
superlativemost capably

Origin of capably

From capable + -ly.

Questions about capably

What does capably mean?
Capably means in a capable manner.
What part of speech is capably?
Capably is an adverb.

Words near capably in the dictionary

  1. capability overhang
  2. capable
  3. capableness
  4. capabler
  5. capablest
  6. capably
  7. Capac
  8. capacetabine
  9. capacified
  10. capacifies
  11. capacify

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