doubly

doub·ly
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/ˈdʌb.li//ˈdʌ.bəl.li/

adverb

In a double manner; with twice the severity or degree.

“Stealing and then lying about it is doubly wrong.”

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doubleduallydeceptivelydouble-handedlyduplicitouslytwofoldtwicein two ways
OriginMiddle English dowbly →
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Meanings

adverbdoubly (not comparable)
  1. not comparableusuallyquantity or measureIn a double manner; with twice the severity or degree.

    My mother was always doubly careful when winding the grandfather clock.

    2 more examples

    Losing a teenmover is doubly painful; so Black continues to make moves.

    1963 January, Hans Kmoch, “Games from Recent Events”, in Chess Review

    Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

    1979 October 12, Douglas Adams, chapter 2, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, London: Pan Books, →ISBN

    Synonyms: double

  2. not comparableIn two ways.

    Stealing and then lying about it is doubly wrong.

    Synonyms: dually

  3. not comparableobsoleteWith duplicity.

    Synonyms: deceptively, double-handedly, duplicitously

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn a double manner; with twice the severity or degree.

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double

adverbIn two ways.

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dually

adverbWith duplicity.

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deceptivelydouble-handedlyduplicitously
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twofold

More synonyms by meaning

adverbto double the degree

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doubletwice

adverbin a twofold manner

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in two ways
Also see
doubletwice

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishdowbly
  2. Englishdoubly

From Middle English dowbly, doubli, dubli, doubeliche, equivalent to double + -ly.

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Translations

Bulgarian двойно
  • двойно (dvojno)in a double manner
Catalan doblement
  • doblementin a double manner
Czech dvojitě
  • dvojitěin a double manner
Dutch dubbel
  • dubbelin a double manner
French doublement
  • doublementin a double manner
German doppelt
  • doppeltin a double manner
Italian doppiamente
  • doppiamentein a double manner
Polish podwójnie
  • podwójniein a double manner
Russian вдвойне
  • вдвойне (vdvojne)in a double manner
Spanish doblemente
  • doblementein a double manner

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with doubly

bubblyjubblylublystubbly
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Cite this entry
APA

doubly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doubly

MLA

“doubly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doubly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doubly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doubly.

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