triply

[ trip-lee ]

adverb

1. to a triple number, measure, or degree.
2. in a triple manner; threefold.

Word History and Origins

Origin of triply¹

First recorded in 1650–60; triple + -ly

Example Sentences

“It’s a community that is triply marginalized for being foreign, Black and speaking Haitian Creole,” Sangaramoorthy said.

From Seattle Times

"But reaching this pinnacle is doubly, triply sad for us all," he says.

From BBC

Using a new technique with the Hubble Space Telescope, the team employed a filter set that looks at the light of triply ionized carbon.

From Science Daily

It's always wiser to look at what a politician does more than what he says, but with Trump, it's triply important.

From Salon

It would be doubly or triply tragic if, on top of the diplomatic failures that led to the war in the first place and the U.S. and U.K. undermining peace negotiations in April 2022, the chance for diplomacy that Milley wanted to seize is lost in the forlorn hope of attaining an even stronger negotiating position that is not really achievable.

From Salon