In a competent way
The crossword clue "In a competent way" is answered by ABLY, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1986. 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 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- In a competent manner - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- 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 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
- Way out - EXIT, used 285 times
- Way off - AFAR, used 229 times
- Way out there - AFAR, used 104 times
- One way to run - AMOK, used 102 times
- "The Way We ___" - WERE, used 82 times
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