doubly
English
Etymology
From Middle English dowbly, doubli, dubli, doubeliche, equivalent to double + -ly.[1]
Adverb
doubly (not comparable)
- (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
- Stealing and then lying about it is doubly wrong.
- (obsolete) with duplicity
Translations
in a double manner
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