doublyadv.
/ˈdʌbli/, U.S. /ˈdəbli/ 1. In a double or twofold manner or degree; in two ways, or twice as much.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > multiplication by two > [adverb]
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c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 386 Here we synnen doubli.
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 1172 Two tables of the commandements dowbly in oure lady sawle ware.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 80 Thy blowes doubly redoubled. View more context for this quotation
1789 F. Burney Diary 14 Jan. (1842) IV. 382 I was now doubly sorry.
1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. xxv. 250 Doubly refracting substances.
2. With duplicity, deceitfully. ? Obsolete.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adverb] > with duplicity
in heart and hearteOE
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c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iii. xxvi. 150 False mesures she vseth doubleliche.
c1585 R. Browne Answere to Cartwright 2 Let him not deale doubly with vs.
1624 J. Gee Foot out of Snare 77 Hee had no reason to speak doublely.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xxxiii. 175 They lay one under a necessity to deal doubly with them.
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