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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 ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
doubly adverb twice as, in two ways, twofold, as much again, in double measure She now felt doubly guilty. Translations doubly [ˈdʌblɪ] ADV 1. (= twice as) [important, difficult, dangerous] → doblemente we are doubly determined to win this time → esta vez estamos doblemente or mucho más empeñados en ganar you'll have to be doubly careful from now on → a partir de ahora tienes que tener el doble de cuidado since then she has been doubly careful to lock the door → desde entonces se cuida todavía más de cerrar la puerta con llave he has to work doubly hard to make up for lost time → tiene que trabajar el doble para recuperar el tiempo perdido to make doubly sure → asegurarse muy bien 2. (= in two ways) → por partida doble Fran was doubly mistaken → Fran estaba equivocada por partida doble it's a delicious dessert, doubly so when you use cream instead of milk → es un postre riquísimo, y el doble de rico si usas nata en vez de leche doubly [ˈdʌbli] adv (= in two ways) → doublement (= all the more) [important, difficult, sure] → d'autant plus doubly [ˈdʌblɪ] adv → doppiamente to be doubly careful → stare doppiamente attento/a doubly [ˈdʌblɪ] adv → doppiamente to be doubly careful → stare doppiamente attento/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It is on her account that attention to Randalls is doubly due, and she must doubly feel the omission. He now saw her in all the most shocking postures of death; nay, he considered all the miseries of prostitution to which she would be liable, and of which he would be doubly the occasion; first by seducing, and then by deserting her; for he well knew the hatred which all her neighbours, and even her own sisters, bore her, and how ready they would all be to tear her to pieces. who didst not refuse to the swart convict, Bunyan, the pale, poetic pearl; Thou who didst clothe with doubly hammered leaves of finest gold, the stumped and paupered arm of old Cervantes; Thou who didst pick up Andrew Jackson from the pebbles; who didst hurl him upon a war-horse; who didst thunder him higher than a throne |
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