capably

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Plenty of older lawmakers continue to capably serve; in some cases, seniority can make them more effective advocates for their constituents.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

Sure, you need some ingenuity and some luck, and that five-year plan you’ve sketched out is adorable, but what you really need is an organization that runs more capably than an eighth grade carwash.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

There’s simply no way to capably recreate what that game achieves in seven hours of television, so HBO wisely picked up a third season before the second debuted.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2025

The band famously thrived after the death of its original lead singer and capably replaced the late founding guitarist Malcolm Young with his nephew.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2025

He fulfilled his obligations as a “singular character” so capably that he seemed to defy the republican tradition itself.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis