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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)
 
—adv
1.  to or in a double degree, quantity, or measure: doubly careful
2.  in two ways: doubly wrong

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doubly
late 14c., from double + -ly.
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