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# doubly

«doubly» in Mova's school dictionary: **Twice as much; in two ways** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (doubly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Twice as much; in two ways. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubly/#m1)

2) Even more, or especially. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, «doubly sure» means very sure, checked twice. In maths, «doubly» relates to double, meaning ×2. Phrases: doubly important, doubly careful, make doubly sure.

### examples

- Make doubly sure the door is locked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubly/#x1)
- It is doubly important to wear a helmet on a busy road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubly/#x2)
- She was doubly happy: she won and her friend won too. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubly/#x3)
- Check your work doubly carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubly/#x4)
- The cake was doubly sweet with icing and jam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubly/#x5)
- It's doubly hard when it's cold and wet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubly/#x6)
- And, with help, she laid beside him the load of three men of doubly refined gold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubly/#x7)

### note

Spelling: doubly, not «doublely». In maths problems, «doubly» suggests multiplying by 2, but often just means «very».

### In the corpora

- [Uzbekistan and Liechtenstein are the only two doubly landlocked countries, and Samarkand and Bukhara, great Silk Road cities, are in Uzbekistan.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/64-olympiad-which-country-am-i/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «doubly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doubly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.