doubly, adv.
(ˈdʌblɪ)
[f. double a. + -ly2.]
1. In a double or twofold manner or degree; in two ways, or twice as much.
| c 1380 Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 386 Here we synnen doubli. c 1450 Mirour Saluacioun 1172 Two tables of the commandements dowbly in oure lady sawle ware. 1593 Shakes. Rich. II, i. iii. 80 Thy blowes, doubly redoubled. 1789 F. Burney Diary 14 Jan., I was now doubly sorry. 1834 M. Somerville Connex. Phys. Sc. xxv. 250 Doubly refracting substances. |
2. With duplicity, deceitfully. ? Obs.
| c 1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iii. xxvi. (1869) 150 False mesures she vseth doubleliche. c 1585 R. Browne Answ. Cartwright 2 Let him not deale doubly with vs. 1624 Gee Foot out of Snare 77 Hee had no reason to speak doublely. 1748 Richardson Clarissa (1811) III. xxxi. 186 They lay a man under a necessity to deal doubly with them! |