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doubly

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dou·bly  (dbl)
adv.
1. To a double degree; twice: doubly protected; made doubly certain.
2. In a twofold manner.

doubly
Adverb
1. to or in a greater degree, quantity, or measure: I have to be doubly careful
2. in two ways: the defence debate was doubly complicated
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.doublydoubly - to double the degree; "she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes were double bright"
2.doubly - in a twofold manner; "he was doubly wrong"

doubly
adverb twice as, in two ways, twofold, as much again, in double measure
Translations
doubly [ˈdʌblɪ] advdoblemente
doubly [ˈdʌblɪ] advdoublement, deux fois plus
doubly [ˈdʌblɪ] double adv(ganz) besonders
doubly [ˈdʌblɪ] advdoppiamente


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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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