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 To get to New Orleans and Super Bowl LIX by knocking off Harris’ Commanders would be doubly sweet for the Illadelph. David Aldridge, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025 Stock market investing is always risky, and speculative stock-market investing, as in quantum computing stocks (or AI, turn-of-the-century dotcoms or Bitcoin not too long ago), is doubly risky. Vineer Bhansali, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 As someone who has lived in Altadena for 20 years and was raised in Pasadena, Ferdinand felt doubly affected by the fires. Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025 Because virtually all of the action is filmed from the perspective of Eunice, the result is doubly bracing. Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Jan. 2025 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 16 Feb. 2025.

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