Associations to the word «Doubly»

Wiktionary

DOUBLY, adverb. (usually of relative importance) (of degree, quantity or measure) In a double manner; twice the severity or degree.
DOUBLY, adverb. In two ways
DOUBLY, adverb. (obsolete) with duplicity
DOUBLY EVEN, adjective. (arithmetic) Leaving no remainder when divided by 4; divisible by 4.
DOUBLY LABELED WATER, noun. (chemistry) Water where both the hydrogen and oxygen atoms have been replaced by less common isotopes.
DOUBLY MAGIC, adjective. (physics) (of a transuranic nuclide) Having filled shells of both protons and neutrons and therefore having extra stability and a longer half-life than normal.

Dictionary definition

DOUBLY, adverb. To double the degree; "she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes were double bright".
DOUBLY, adverb. In a twofold manner; "he was doubly wrong".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats