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doubly, adv.|ˈdʌblɪ| [f. double a. + -ly2.] 1. In a double or twofold manner or degree; in two ways, or twice as much.
c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 386 Here we synnen doubli. c1450Mirour Saluacioun 1172 Two tables of the commandements dowbly in oure lady sawle ware. 1593Shakes. Rich. II, i. iii. 80 Thy blowes, doubly redoubled. 1789F. Burney Diary 14 Jan., I was now doubly sorry. 1834M. Somerville Connex. Phys. Sc. xxv. 250 Doubly refracting substances. 2. With duplicity, deceitfully. ? Obs.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iii. xxvi. (1869) 150 False mesures she vseth doubleliche. c1585R. Browne Answ. Cartwright 2 Let him not deale doubly with vs. 1624Gee Foot out of Snare 77 Hee had no reason to speak doublely. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) III. xxxi. 186 They lay a man under a necessity to deal doubly with them! |