doubly

adverb

dou·bly | \ ˈdə-b(ə-)lē

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Definition of doubly

1 : in a twofold manner

2 : to twice the degree doubly glad doubly frustrating

3 : in two ways : for two reasons The gentle rain was a doubly good thing because it washed the pollen off our cars. —Glynn Moore

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Synonyms

double, twice, twofold

Examples of doubly in a Sentence

Her grades and musical talent make her parents doubly proud of her. we were doubly certain of her guilt after we read the article in the newspaper

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So, the doubly divisive, gut-wrenching issue is back in serious play. — John Baer, Philly.com, "Expect Trump's Supreme Court pick to heighten abortion's impact on Pa. governor race," 8 July 2018 And mounting a new challenge in the upcoming season could be doubly difficult given the players they are expected to lose. — SI.com, "Man City Consider Battling Liverpool for £30m-Rated Championship Attacker This Summer," 30 Apr. 2018 Building a program up is doubly difficult when a rival up the street is an absolute powerhouse. — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, "John Beilein's system big winner in Michigan basketball's NCAA run," 4 Apr. 2018 All of this must’ve been doubly difficult for Jamison who is prodigiously exceptional. — Priscilla Gilman, BostonGlobe.com, "A long and winding road but to where?," 30 Mar. 2018 His frustration with Argentina’s national team makes it doubly so. — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, "A Teenage Star Speeds France Past Argentina in World Cup," 30 June 2018 That’s what’s doubly (or septuply) unfortunate about this unhappy heptalogy of feature-length flops. — Jason Kehe, WIRED, "Sci-Fi Invades Netflix—as They Both Invade Your Home," 9 July 2018 The finer thread makes for a doubly dense weave, says Kozibeyokian, with as many as 144 knots per square inch. — Glenn Dixon, Smithsonian, "The Age-Old Tradition of Armenian Carpet Making Refuses to Be Swept Under the Rug," 6 July 2018 The device is almost always clumsy and rarely welcome, but what makes this instance doubly weird, is that very little is revealed. — Mick Lasalle, Houston Chronicle, "Review: ‘Boundaries’ a trip to nowhere," 3 July 2018

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