dually

adverb

du·​al·​ly ˈdü-ə(l)-ˌlē 

 also  ˈdyü-

: in a double capacity : in two ways

Since the library functions dually as a working room for a writer and a space for entertaining, the architect was careful to make a place for everything.

—Carol Vogel

… rising prescription drug costs for those dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid …

—Inside Health Reform

Examples of dually in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The latter serves people dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, developing models to improve the coordination of care for them. —Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025

All of Gather’s patients are 65 or older and on Medicare; the majority of them are also low income and dually eligible for Medicaid. —Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025

People dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid who disenrolled from MA had spending that was 61%, or $9,435, higher than their counterparts who were continuously in traditional Medicare. —Victoria Knight, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024

These plans focus on people who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid or have chronic diseases (C-SNPs) or are home or institution bound (I-SNP). —Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1650, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dually

• actually
• contextually
• unusually