doubly
adv/ˈdʌb.li/ · /ˈdʌ.bəl.li/
Etymology From Middle English dowbly, doubli, dubli, doubeliche, equivalent to double + -ly.
1
Usually, Of degree, Of relative importance In a double manner; with twice the severity or degree.
Quantity or measure
- My mother was always doubly careful when winding the grandfather clock.
- Losing a teenmover is doubly painful; so Black continues to make moves.1963 January, Hans Kmoch, “Games from Recent Events”, in Chess Review:
1 more example
- Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.1979 October 12, Douglas Adams, chapter 2, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, London: Pan Books, →ISBN:
2
In two ways
- Stealing and then lying about it is doubly wrong.
3
Obsolete with duplicity
- Synonyms
- double, twofold, dually, deceptively, double-handedly, duplicitously