[1650–60; triple + -ly]This word is first recorded in the period 1650–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: burlesque, oscillation, pony, romantic, syllabus-ly is a suffix forming adverbs from adjectives. Other words that use the affix -ly include: deeply, elliptically, residually
Examples of 'triply' in a sentence
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"She fingered one of the three earrings, a miniature church key, that depended from a triply pierced ear.
Wilcox, James SORT OF RICH (1990)
This is triply the case for make-up.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
So any award ceremony in sport is doubly meaningless and triply irrelevant.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The chips are so brittle, they seem to have been cooked septuply rather than triply.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
They stand to be triply hit.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A basic income would leave most of us triply vulnerable to forces beyond our control.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
So when you have a number which is prime, contains 8s and is triply symmetric, it's got to be irresistible.