In a competent manner
The crossword clue "In a competent manner" is answered by ABLY, a 4-letter entry. Used 18 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ABLY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABLY answer page.
Used 18 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ABLY
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABLY, most used first.
- With skill - used 127 times, most recently in 2026
- With competence - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Competently - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Skillfully - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Well - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- With proficiency - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- With adroitness - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- In a competent way - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- In a skillful manner - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- With deftness - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- With dexterity - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- With great skill - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- In a skillful way - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- With expertise - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- With finesse - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Competent - ABLE, used 547 times
- Manner of walking - GAIT, used 48 times
- Manner - MIEN, used 34 times
- Manner - MODE, used 28 times
- Manner of speaking - TONE, used 27 times
- In this manner - THUS, used 16 times
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