doubly

[ duhb-lee ]

adverb

1. to a double measure or degree:

   to be doubly cautious.

2. in a double manner.
3. Obsolete. with duplicity.

doubly

/ ˈdʌblɪ /

adverb

1. to or in a double degree, quantity, or measure

   doubly careful

2. in two ways

   doubly wrong

Word History and Origins

Origin of doubly¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; double, -ly

Example Sentences

Hearing a teacher call your child out for not paying attention might make you feel doubly shamed — on behalf of your kid and yourself.

From Washington Post

As a female travel writer, I’m always looking for ways to be self-sufficient, especially when I’m on the road—doubly so during the current pandemic.

From Outside Online

This ability to engage the upper body makes an upright bike doubly space-efficient since it may eliminate the need for other types of equipment.

From Popular-Science

Students and professors are doubly exhausted, from the strain of the forced switch to online courses and from the sacrifices required to stay safe in places that managed to preserve at least a slice of in-person education.

From Washington Post

Doing so against the headwinds of a pandemic makes doing so doubly tough.

From Washington Blade

Perhaps made doubly frightening because not only does the old man frighten Garfield and Odie, but he steals their candy as well.

From The Daily Beast

First, doubly punishing the aforementioned players would definitely raise howls from their union, the NFL Players Association.

From The Daily Beast

When women are seen as a source of honor, they risk being doubly victimized.

From The Daily Beast

Norman Manea grew up doubly cursed: first he had to survive the Nazis and then the communist dictators in his native Romania.

From The Daily Beast

If people say there loved one is dead, they are doubly traumatizing these people.

From The Daily Beast

Instantly Longcluse had used his revolver; but before he could make assurance doubly sure, his quick ear detected a step outside.

From Project Gutenberg

She did leap them, running from one to another in a manner confusing to herself and doubly so to Dorothy, pursuing.

From Project Gutenberg

There are few greater annoyances of life than an irritable woman, rendered doubly morose by the infirmities of years.

From Project Gutenberg

If the tobacco of the tropics is fragrant while growing, it is doubly so after being harvested and carried to the sheds.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Dodd posted her letter herself, and to make assurance doubly sure she registered it.

From Project Gutenberg