competently
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Competently made by Kenneth Branagh, this foundation story is a moderately diverting variation on a genre standard — some of it entertaining, much of it formulaic and little of it surprising.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2014
Competently directed and filmed, it ticks along like a pretty clock, right up to its happily-ever-after ending.
From Seattle Times • May 3, 2011
Competently played by the orchestra that commissioned it.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Competently but without any heart for it, Father Edward J. Moffett worked in a suburban New York office, contributing to the Roman Catholic Foreign Mission Society's Maryknoll Magazine.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Competently done, they closely resembled the classical imitations on most of the world's public buildings.
From Time Magazine Archive
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