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dou⋅bly

  [duhb-lee]
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–adverb
1. to a double measure or degree: to be doubly cautious.
2. in a double manner.
3. Obsolete. with duplicity.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see double, -ly
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dou·bly   (dŭb'lē)   
adv.  
  1. To a double degree; twice: doubly protected; made doubly certain.
  2. In a twofold manner.
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Doubly

Dou"bly\, adv. 1. In twice the quantity; to twice the degree; as, doubly wise or good; to be doubly sensible of an obligation. --Dryden.

2. Deceitfully. "A man that deals doubly." --Huloet.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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