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competently

[kom-pi-tuhnt-lee] / ˈkɒm pɪ tənt li /


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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

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

Competently done, they closely resembled the classical imitations on most of the world's public buildings.

From Time Magazine Archive




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