# doubly

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈdʌb.li/ · frequency rank #23,248

## Definitions
1. In a double manner; with twice the severity or degree.
2. In two ways
3. with duplicity

## Etymology
From Middle English dowbly, doubli, dubli, doubeliche, equivalent to double + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **duly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doubly-vs-duly)
- **doubt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doubly-vs-doubt)
- **doubts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doubly-vs-doubts)
- **dolly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dolly-vs-doubly)
- **Dolby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dolby-vs-doubly)
- **dobby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dobby-vs-doubly)
- **double** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/double-vs-doubly)
- **doable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doable-vs-doubly)
- **doubled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doubled-vs-doubly)
- **doubles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doubles-vs-doubly)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddoubly`, `dobuly`, `doubbly`, `doublly`, `doublyy`, `doubyl`, `doulby`, `duobly`, `odubly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/doubly