Doubly vs Doubt - What's the difference?
doubly | doubt |
In a double manner; twice the severity or degree.
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in two ways
(obsolete) with duplicity
Uncertainty, disbelief.
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(ambitransitive) To lack confidence in; to disbelieve, question, or suspect.
* Hooker
* Dryden
(archaic) To fear; to suspect.
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , I.186:
(obsolete) To fear; to be apprehensive of.
* R. of Gloucester
* Shakespeare
* Spenser
(obsolete) To fill with fear; to affright.
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* Beaumont and Fletcher
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between doubly and doubt
is that doubly is (obsolete) with duplicity while doubt is (obsolete) to fill with fear; to affright.As an adverb doubly
is in a double manner; twice the severity or degree.As a noun doubt is
uncertainty, disbelief.As a verb doubt is
(ambitransitive) to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, question, or suspect.doubly
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Adverb
(en adverb)- Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
- My mother was always doubly careful when winding the grandfather clock.
- doubly wrong
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(wikipedia doubt)- It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts .
Verb
(en verb)- He doubted that was really what you meant.
- Even in matters divine, concerning some things, we may lawfully doubt
- To try your love and make you doubt of mine.
- He fled, like Joseph, leaving it; but there, / I doubt , all likeness ends between the pair.
- Edmond [was a] good man and doubted God.
- I doubt some foul play.
- I of doubted danger had no fear.
- The virtues of the valiant Caratach / More doubt me than all Britain.