▪ I. † quintuply, n. Sc. Law. Obs.
[f. quintuple, after duply, quadruply.]
= quintuplication 2.
| 1663 Proc. Justiciary Court (MS.) 85 Quintuplyes. Maxwell for the Pursuer. The Testificate forsaid proceeds [etc.]. 1674 Ibid. 654 Quintuplys. Sir Andrew Birnie. That the Defender Robert Steuart cannot pretend ignorance [etc.]. |
▪ II. ˈquintuply, adv. rare.
[f. quintuple a. + -ly2.]
In a fivefold manner.
| 1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. v. §239. 548 We may say that they [sensations] are thus characterized by being quintuply-clustered. |