Both Uses of
competent
in
Harry Potter (#5) and the Order of the Phoenix
- …and mallowsweet there on the classroom floor, and Firenze told them to look for certain shapes and symbols in the pungent fumes, but he seemed perfectly unconcerned that not one of them could see any of the signs he described, telling them that humans were hardly ever good at this, that it took centaurs years and years to become competent, and finished by telling them that it was foolish to put too much faith in such things, anyway, because even centaurs sometimes read them wrongly.†
Chpt 27
- He has achieved high marks in all Defence Against the Dark Arts tests set by a competent teacher.†
Chpt 29 *
Definition:
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(competent) capable (able to do something in a generally satisfactory manner) -- sometimes specifically to have legal capability