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Definitions for doubly
ˈdʌb lidou·b·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. doubly, double, twiceadverb

    to double the degree

    "she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes were double bright"

  2. doubly, in two waysadverb

    in a twofold manner

    "he was doubly wrong"

Wiktionary

  1. doublyadverb

    In a double manner; twice the severity or degree.

  2. doublyadverb

    in two ways

    Doubly wrong

  3. doublyadverb

    with duplicity

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Doublyadverb

    In twice the quantity; to twice the degree.

    Etymology: from double.

    Young Hollis, on a muse by Mars begot,
    Born, Cæsar like, to write and act great deeds,
    Impatient to revenge his fatal shot,
    His right hand doubly to his left succeeds. John Dryden, Ann. Mirab.

    Haply at night he does with horror shun
    A widow’d daughter, or a dying son:
    His neighbour’s offspring he to-morrow sees,
    And doubly feels his want in their increase. Matthew Prior.

ChatGPT

  1. doubly

    Doubly is an adverb that means in a double measure or degree; twice as much or to a greater extent. It can denote something happening or existing in two different ways or to two different extents. It can also represent something being repeated or done twice.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Doublyadverb

    in twice the quantity; to twice the degree; as, doubly wise or good; to be doubly sensible of an obligation

  2. Doublyadverb

    deceitfully

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of doubly in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of doubly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of doubly in a Sentence

  1. Page Pate:

    If you get people from this jury, on the prosecution side, who are skeptical that this is even a crime, then you're going to have a doubly difficult job of convincing them that race was the motivating factor for the death, they're going to be hostile to the case from the beginning.

  2. Aaron Ament:

    Under current leadership, the Department of Education seems determined to deny student borrowers the financial relief to which they are entitled, the students we are trying to help have been doubly victimized — first by the for-profit colleges that deceived them, and now by the federal government that refuses to help.

  3. Jessica Vaughan:

    The USCIS field director’s behavior was not only outrageous and reprehensible, but in violation of federal law and policy that ensure any law enforcement agency the ability to make arrests or conduct interviews in government facilities, i can not imagine any possible excuse for Jessica Vaughan actions, and it is doubly concerning that Jessica Vaughan apparently lied to the investigators about what Jessica Vaughan did. Jessica Vaughan needs to be fired, not to mention prosecuted.

  4. German Nazis:

    We are after all the 'experts' on genocide, so it is doubly important, but in a way, we too are Holocaust deniers, so long as it isn't our Holocaust.

  5. George Spencer-Brown:

    Unfortunately, we find systems of education today which have departed so far from the plain truth, that they now teach us to be proud of what we know and ashamed of ignorance. This is doubly corrupt. It is corrupt not only because pride is in itself a mortal sin, but also because to teach pride in knowledge is to put up an effective barrier against any advance upon what is already known, since it makes one ashamed to look beyond the bonds imposed by one's ignorance.

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