Usually means: Competently performing tasks with skill.
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word ably:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. -ably, ably: Merriam-Webster
  2. -ably, ably: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. -ably, ably: Collins English Dictionary
  4. ably: Vocabulary.com
  5. Ably, -ably, ably: Wordnik
  6. ably: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. -ably, ably: Wiktionary
  8. -ably, ably: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. ably, ably (-ibly): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. ably: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Ably, -ably, ably: Dictionary.com
  12. ably: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Ably, -ably: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. ably: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. ably: Rhymezone
  16. Ably: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. ably: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. -ably, ably: MyWord.info
  19. ably: FreeDictionary.org
  20. ably: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. ably: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. ably: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  23. ably: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -ably: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ably: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. ably: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ably: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ably: Idioms

(Note: See able as well.)

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adverb:  In an able manner; with great ability.

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