doubly
adverb
dou·bly
ˈdə-b(ə-)lē 
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.—
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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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Zoë Schiffer, Wired News, 20 Aug. 2025
What makes this doubly frustrating is that Kennedy and his back-to-the-past approach to public health would be better off directing his ire at quite a different but still-serious threat.
—The Baltimore Sun, Twin Cities, 13 Aug. 2025
Isak wants out and wants Liverpool, which is entirely his right, but the thought of Newcastle’s best player leaving is unpalatable, made doubly so by his effective exile from the first-team squad.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2025
The state believes that practice to be doubly concerning because Temu’s parent company is a Chinese entity.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 18 July 2025
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doubly
adverb
dou·bly
ˈdəb-lē
: to twice the amount or degree
doubly glad
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