doubly
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 6
/ˈdʌb.li/
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/ˈdʌb.li/ · /ˈdʌ.bəl.li/
Definition of doubly
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adv
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(not-comparable, usually)In a double manner; with twice the severity or degree.
“My mother was always doubly careful when winding the grandfather clock.”
“Losing a teenmover is doubly painful; so Black continues to make moves.”
“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.”
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adv
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(not-comparable, usually)In a double manner; with twice the severity or degree.
“My mother was always doubly careful when winding the grandfather clock.”
“Losing a teenmover is doubly painful; so Black continues to make moves.”
“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.”
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(not-comparable)In two ways
“Stealing and then lying about it is doubly wrong.”
- (not-comparable, obsolete)with duplicity
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English dowbly, doubli, dubli, doubeliche, equivalent to double + -ly.
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