as in twice
to two times the amount or degree we were doubly certain of her guilt after we read the article in the newspaper

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Recent Examples of doubly The rule of chicken holds doubly true for turkey: light meat is best eaten cold, and dark meat is best eaten warm. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2024 The action is doubly surprising because UMG distributes both artists’ recordings. Jem Aswad, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024 Shot almost entirely in tight close-up, Falconetti’s Joan is doubly mute: first, of course, because the film itself is silent but, more pointedly, because the sparse script, based on records of Joan’s 1431 trial, puts nearly all the words in the mouths of her captors. Dana Stevens, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024 His arrival was nothing less than a godsend for a rebuilding Denver Nuggets team in a midsize market, and doubly so because he’s never hinted at even the slightest interest in leaving for a bigger, more glamorous city. John Hollinger, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for doubly 

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“Doubly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doubly. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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