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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a competent boy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a young male who is capable or skilled in a particular area or task.
Example: "Despite his age, he proved to be a competent boy, handling the responsibilities of the project with ease."
Alternatives: "an able boy" or "a skilled boy".
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Paul is a competent boy who will turn 16 this month.
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They were all competent people, but our board wasn't a competent body".
Competent boys had higher levels of peer problems than resilient boys (d = −.15).
Resilient boys showed more adaptive reunion behaviors than non-resilient boys, but were less adaptive than competent boys, suggesting that resilient boys are more securely attached than non-resilient boys, but less securely attached than competent boys (Ainsworth & Bell, 1970).
Relative to competent boys, resilient boys had mothers who reported higher levels of depression (d = .89), and life events (d = .89).89
Also solid were Kristine Jepson, vocally clean and dramatically effective as the adolescent boy Nerone, and Lisa Saffer, a competent Poppea.
Mr Tsang has worked his way up from fairly humble origins and is seen as a local boy made good and a competent administrator.
I discovered that if I persevered, took down names on my iPhone after each sighting, and paid attention to everything the birder boys proclaimed, I too could become a competent birder.
I was a competent seminarian.
"Is he a competent chemist?
Eisenhower plays a competent game of golf.
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