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Definition: Capably |
CapablyAdverb1. In a competent capable manner; "they worked competently". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "capably" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references) |
Synonyms: CapablySynonyms: ably (adv), aptly (adv), competently (adv), with competence (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: incompetently (adv). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Haha! No fish can withstand the might of my powerful spear gun, so capably wielded! (Sealab 2021; writing credit: John J. Miller; Adam Reed) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| "Capably" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Capably" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 17 | 85,106 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
capably | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "capably"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | me kompetencë (qualitatively), me aftësi (ably). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | умело (ably). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 可胜任地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | schopnì. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | taitavasti (cleverly, skilfully, with skill), kykenevästi (ably). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | imstande (able, capable, capable of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ικανώσ (ably). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ügyesen (ably, adeptly, adroitly, deftly, expeditiously, expertly, masterly, nattily, skillfully, sleekly, slick, slickly, to jink, to play one's cards well). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | dengan cakap. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 가능하게 (Feasibly, Possibly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | apablycay competentemente (ably), habilmente (ably, adeptly, clean). (various references) умело (ably, skilfully, skillfully). (various references) sposobno. (various references) dote (calling, charisma, dowry, drollery, endowment, liking, marriage portion, portion, settlement, settling, talent). (various references) dugligt. (various references) อย่างที่ทำไ"้"ี. (various references) уміло (ably, skilfully, skillfully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "capably": incapably, inescapably. (additional references) | |
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"Capably" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Capili, Cazaly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-l-p-y" | |
-2 letters: cabal, playa. | |
-3 letters: ably, acyl, alba, baal, clap, clay, lacy, paca, paly, play. | |
-4 letters: aal, aba, aby, ala, alb, alp, baa, bal, bap, bay, cab, cap, cay, lab, lac, lap, lay, pac, pal, pay, ply, pya, yap. | |
-5 letters: aa, ab, al, ay, ba, by, la, pa, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-l-p-y" | |
+1 letter: placably, playback. | |
+2 letters: incapably, peaceably, playbacks. | |
+3 letters: acceptably, capability, comparably, implacably. | |
+4 letters: appreciably, inescapably, packability, placability, practicably. | |
+5 letters: bathypelagic, inapplicably, incapability, incomparably, unacceptably. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 70 61 62 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- .--. .- -... .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110000 01100001 01100010 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a p a b l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0070 0061 0062 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37678267687891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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