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Webster 1913 Edition
Doubly
Dou′bly
(dŭb′ly̆)
, adv.
1.
In twice the quantity; to twice the degree;
as,
doubly
wise or good; to be doubly
sensible of an obligation. Dryden.
2.
Deceitfully.
“A man that deals doubly.” Huloet.
Webster 1828 Edition
Doubly
DOUBLY
,adv.
Definition 2024
doubly
doubly
English
Adverb
doubly (comparative more doubly, superlative most doubly)
- (usually of relative importance, of degree, quantity or measure) In a double manner; twice the severity or degree.
- 1979, Douglas Adams, chapter 2, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy:
- Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
- My mother was always doubly careful when winding the grandfather clock.
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- in two ways
- doubly wrong
- (obsolete) with duplicity
Translations
in a double manner
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References
- ↑ “doubly”, in (Please provide the title of the work) (in English), Random House, Inc., accessed 2014-12-02