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ably

ADVERB
capably
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As Ms. Aikin ably traces, successive librarians have delicately navigated the library’s continually expanding national role.

From The Wall Street Journal

Starc took 3-24 off eight overs as he ably shouldered the extra burden of an attack missing injured long-time partners Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood.

From Barron's

Up front Joe Heyes, ably assisted by Fin Baxter, was superb at scrum-time and bitingly sharp in defence.

From BBC

Happy to live out the rest of his days in his remote paradise alongside his loyal dog Birba, who ably assists him in his truffle hunts, Igor is displeased that Dalia has rejected her family roots for the big city.

From Los Angeles Times

He ably navigates contentious personalities, shifting alliances and tense rivalries among men and women who, although they shared views about slavery, tussled over conventional politics, communitarian living, marriage and pacifism between the 1820s and the Civil War.

From The Wall Street Journal