dou·bly

[duhb-lee]
adverb
1.
to a double measure or degree: to be doubly cautious.
2.
in a double manner.
3.
Obsolete. with duplicity.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see double, -ly

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doubly (ˈdʌblɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adv
1.  to or in a double degree, quantity, or measure: doubly careful
2.  in two ways: doubly wrong

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Doubly is always a great word to know.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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doubly
late 14c., from double + -ly.
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Example sentences
Your statement is sneering and dismissive, and so is doubly unpersuasive.
Free-speech defenders were outraged, seeing the move as doubly ill-conceived.
Those of us who were lucky enough to be her friends are doubly blessed.
And that's doubly true, he adds, if the offending one-star viewpoint is offset
  by a slew of four- and five-star raves.
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