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Example sentences for "ably"

Lexicographically close words:
abler; ablest; abloom; ablution; ablutions; abnegating; abnegation; abnormal; abnormalities; abnormality
  1. Preceding issues had treated of the rise of the Equal Suffrage movement in this country; while not wholly sympathetic, these were fair, and ably treated.

  2. So imagine our satisfaction to learn that 'our Mrs. Gilman' has now a magazine where 'her policies' are so ably presented!

  3. Would it not be well to have our ladies bring with them to the meeting the more intelligent of their servants; that they might hear and see the--the dignity of household labor--so ably set forth?

  4. Caste distinctions, as have been ably shown by Prof.

  5. He understood country business, and he was ably assisted in all the details of farming and management.

  6. The cross-examination of both was so ably managed, that the honest man was soon made to perceive and the rogue forced to reveal the truth.

  7. The regent, Louise of Savoy, profited ably by these feelings and circumstances in England; a negotiation was opened between the two courts; Henry VIII.

  8. Hardy left Chicago and came to New York in 1919; but the work which he so ably organized will continue under the supervision of the Western Association.

  9. Garland, the Davis Cup star, is a former junior Champion of America, and a product of the junior system in Pittsburg, which is so ably handled by his father, Charles Garland.

  10. He published his work after the Restoration, and defended it boldly and ably from the numerous attacks made upon it.

  11. Howe has been ably seconded by an accomplished teacher, James B.

  12. I assert that every social, moral, economical, religious, political, and historical aspect of the question has been ably and patiently examined.

  13. The antislavery construction of the Constitution was ably argued in 1836, in the Antislavery Magazine, by Rev.

  14. I have claimed that the antislavery cause has, from the first, been ably and dispassionately argued, every objection candidly examined, and every difficulty or doubt anywhere honestly entertained treated with respect.

  15. Jim Slagg, seizing an axe, sprang to the side to cut this away, ably seconded by all the men on board, but before it could be accomplished the Gleam had drifted dangerously near to the rocks on the coast of Mull.

  16. The subject of Palissy's life and labours has been ably and elaborately treated by Professor Morley in his well-known work.

  17. Besides ably performing his duties as a professor, he voluntarily gave much of his time to the instruction of missionaries going forth to preach the Gospel to eastern tribes in their own tongue.

  18. Strickland and Melville, in which it was very ably demonstrated that the bird belongs to the Columbae or pigeon group.

  19. This important question, which has been so ably discussed by Baron Liebig in his various works upon Agricultural Chemistry, had a paper devoted to it by Dr.

  20. The article on "Bushnell on Vicarious Sacrifice" is ably and fairly written, and all the writer's positive views are compatible with Catholic doctrine.

  21. Many women spoke ably and eloquently; women who had never before heard their own voices in a public meeting, discussed nice points of law and constitution in a manner that would have done credit to any legislative assembly.

  22. Do you mean to say that the school mistress, who so ably does her duty, should only receive three hundred dollars, while the school master, who performs the same duty, gets fifteen hundred?

  23. The case was ably argued on both sides, Mr. Akerman, the present Attorney General of the United States, being of counsel for the petitioner.

  24. Farnham, with all the objections which have ever been urged, and far more ably than by any of the later objectors.

  25. Few men in this or any other city could more ably present the subject, or more closely chain the audience that listened to her noble utterances, and one could not but wish that she had spoken to thousands rather than hundreds.

  26. Fawcett: "In one night it passed beyond ridicule, so ably and calmly was it presented, and in less than one year it is a fixed fact.

  27. The learned Justice says: It was very ably contended on the part of the defendants that the XIV.

  28. Since the announcement of our decision, the applicant has filed a printed argument in which her right to a license is earnestly and ably maintained.

  29. The case came up in 1868, and was fully and ably argued, and the Revising Barrister went luminously over the whole ground in an exhaustive opinion when he rendered judgment.

  30. Mrs. Lockwood and Mrs. Spencer both gave interesting statements in regard to women voting in the District of Columbia, and ably argued their right to do so under the National Constitution.

  31. It would be a work of supererogation and effrontery for me to attempt to treat this subject in particular since it has been so clearly and ably done by Col.

  32. It is ably edited, fully illustrated and handsomely printed.

  33. As to the means by which it was carried, there is much to be said on both sides of the question; Lecky has stated the case against the Union ably and temperately; other writers, equally honourable, have taken the opposite side.

  34. Paul Haupt, of Johns Hopkins University, is at the head of this great work, ably assisted by a large corps of the best Biblical scholars in the world.

  35. The special characteristics of Lincoln's practice at the bar are thus ably summed up: "He did not make a specialty of criminal cases, but was engaged frequently in them.

  36. Ayres, while actively engaged in agricultural pursuits, managed his affairs so ably that he attained financial independence and is now living retired upon his home farm in Columbia county.

  37. Mr. Rainwater is a stanch republican in politics and served ably as member of the city council of Dayton and for a number of years was a member of the school board.

  38. He then embarked in merchandising at Eureka and was made postmaster of the town, ably serving in that capacity for eight years.

  39. Cutler who ably continued the work so well begun.

  40. The thing has been ably advocated already in South America.

  41. The German Government, on the other hand, has organised the putting of the blame upon other shoulders than its own elaborately and ably from the very beginning of the war.

  42. This pamphlet, which was very ably written, was the production of some fanatic who openly preached a crusade against France.

  43. He was ably seconded by General Thomas West Sherman, commanding the troops.

  44. Logan ably replaced him and won a hard-fought day.

  45. The matter is ably discussed by Forssell in his Sver.

  46. The question of the Lubeck debt is ably treated by Forssell in his Sver.

  47. Those who argue most ably are those who are in complete possession of the facts.

  48. Ably seconded by an efficient and generous board of trustees, with ample funds, excellent teachers to assist her, a convenient and handsome building in which to hold the school, she had readily made it a success.


  49. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ably" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    ably; competently; deftly; effectively; efficiently; expertly; featly; handily; masterfully; neatly; nimbly; superbly; well