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 Odegaard’s recent medial collateral ligament injury to his left knee will be doubly frustrating as a result, with that pair now missing opportunities to build more chemistry. Art De Roché, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025 This is doubly important when buying from Amazon, where lower quality materials can be buried far down the page in product descriptions. Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025 Completeness can go no further than doubly exponential, and soundness can go no lower than exponential. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025 Numerous others are doubly represented (Jean-Claude Ellena, Jean-Paul Guerlain, Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud, Francis Kurkdjian, Geza Schoen, Rodrigo Flores-Roux, Dominique Ropion, Pierre Wargnye, Olivier Creed, and Jacques Polge). Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for doubly
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twice
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  • Speaking of teams hitting the woodwork, Liverpool struck it twice through Cody Gakpo (three times, when including a deflected cross) during their 2-1 defeat to Manchester United at Anfield.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Some of these mountainsides have dislodged themselves deep in the bedrock, causing the face of a mountain to shear clean off — as has happened at least twice in the last two years.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Doubly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doubly. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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