Doubly

Word DOUBLY
Character 6
Hyphenation dou bly
Pronunciations /ˈdʌb.li/

Definitions and meanings of "Doubly"

What do we mean by doubly?

To a double degree; twice. adverb

In a twofold manner. adverb

In a double or twofold manner; in twice the quantity or to twice the degree: as, to be doubly sensible of an obligation.

Deceitfully; with duplicity.

In twice the quantity; to twice the degree adverb

Deceitfully. adverb

In a double manner; twice the severity or degree. adverb

In two ways adverb

With duplicity adverb

To double the degree adverb

In a twofold manner adverb

(usually of relative importance, of degree, quantity or measure) In a double manner; twice the severity or degree.

In two ways

With duplicity

Synonyms and Antonyms for Doubly

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The word "doubly" in example sentences

To render the title doubly secure, Dauversière and Olier obtained deeds to the island from Lauson and from the Hundred ❋ Unknown (1903)

Hyprocrisy is a sin – doubly so when it organizes - X ❋ Unknown (2010)

By observing radiation even in doubly distilled water, he eliminated the possibility of minute impurities fluorescing in the liquids. ❋ Unknown (1964)

Owing to the strong double refraction and the consequent wide separation of the two polarized rays of light traversing the crystal, an object viewed through a cleavage rhombohedron of Iceland-spar is seen double, hence the name doubly-refracting spar. ❋ Various (N/A)

But his lost country lived again doubly dear in his memory, and regret gave him more pity for men. ❋ Unknown (1933)

I lately heard of a German named Knoche—a name doubly difficult to Americans, what with the kn and the ch—who changed it boldly to Knox to avoid being called Nokky. ❋ Henry Louis (1921)

This impediment no longer stood in the way; early in his term, therefore, President Lincoln signed the bill authorizing the construction of the Union Pacific -- a name doubly significant, as marking the union of the East and the West and also recognizing the sentiment of loyalty or union that this great enterprise was intended to promote. ❋ John Moody (1913)

I think she has a masculine air, and is a little forbidding at first: but when I saw her behaviour to two agreeable gentlewomen, her husband's nieces, whom, for that reason, she calls doubly hers, and heard their praises of her, I could imputer her very bulk to good humour; since we seldom see your sour peevish people plump. ❋ Samuel Richardson (1725)

If he'd just said "bands like Brand New and Fall Out Boy", you wouldn't even think of recommending Rites of Spring, so why do so just because he's used the word "emo", in inverted commas, and followed by the caveat "I've taken a slightly deconstructionalist view and decided that since all signifying words are subjective, and the two words of the thread title doubly so, it was was safer to use quotation marks"? ❋ Unknown (2009)

And that title doubly applies to my collection of clothing. ❋ Unknown (2008)

(I've taken a slightly deconstructionalist view and decided that since all signifying words are subjective, and the two words of the thread title doubly so, it was was safer to use quotation marks.) hip_young_gunslinger | 09 Mar '09, 20: 55 | Send note | Report this | Reply | X ❋ Unknown (2009)

To coin a doubly appropriate phrase he would never use, it sucked. ❋ Ruth Rendell (2010)

Additionally, at present, The Globe's "REVIEW" section might best be described as doubly blessed, given the fact its editor is now Andrew Gorham whom I can't help but suspect has had a hand in slugging Groen's assessment of the inimitable David Foster Wallace. ❋ Judith Fitzgerald (2008)

So let me make my point, in terms doubly clearer than the ramble I offered last time: ❋ Unknown (2007)

The answer was invariably "No!" and in this particular instance the thought of her saintly friend at Madeley arose to make the idea doubly disagreeable to her. ❋ Brigadier Margaret Allen (N/A)

As we were able to escape from the "Cookies" here we enjoyed the magnificent ruin doubly. ❋ Lucy Maud (1917)

When one of the component cylinders has a very small radius in comparison with the other, so that the second has a very sall altitude, one cylinder being like a rope and the other like a wheel,13 the hypersolid is what we have called a doubly circular wheel (page 31). ❋ Unknown (1910)

In a word, Mr. Adams, by his language and actions, established and developed precisely that doctrine which has since been adopted by this country under the doubly incorrect name of the "Monroe Doctrine," -- a name doubly incorrect, because even the real "Monroe Doctrine" was not an original idea of Mr. Monroe, and because the doctrine which now goes by that name is not identical with the doctrine which Monroe did once declare. ❋ Unknown (1888)

Pentaur, "was called doubly loud," Hail to our teacher! come back to the House of Seti. ❋ Georg Ebers (1867)

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