capably C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈkeɪpəbli/ UK /ˈkeɪpəbli/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adv in a competent and effective manner She handled the crisis capably and without panic. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adv · in a competent and... competentlyablyproficientlyskillfullyeffectivelyadeptly ↔ Opposites incompetentlyineptly Word family Related forms capablecapablenesscapability Etymology AI details From capable + -ly. Capable is from Late Latin capābilis ('able to hold'), from Latin capere ('to take'). capābilis la-lat capere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # capably **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adv **IPA (US):** /ˈkeɪpəbli/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkeɪpəbli/ ## Meanings 1. in a competent and effective manner ## Examples - She handled the crisis capably and without panic. ## Synonyms - competently - ably - proficiently - skillfully - effectively - adeptly ## Antonyms - incompetently - ineptly ## Related Forms - capable - capableness - capability ## Roots and Affixes - Root: capābilis - Root: capere ## Etymology From capable + -ly. Capable is from Late Latin capābilis ('able to hold'), from Latin capere ('to take'). ## AI Etymology Capably comes from capable + -ly. Capable is from Late Latin capābilis ('able to hold'), from Latin capere ('to take'). The historical trail runs through capābilis in Latin and capere in Latin. Morphologically, capably is transparent: it draws on capable + -ly. Used as an adverb, capably now means "in a competent and effective manner", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as capable, capableness, and capability. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown