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triply

American  
[trip-lee] / ˈtrɪp li /

adverb

  1. to a triple number, measure, or degree.

  2. in a triple manner; threefold.


Etymology

Origin of triply

First recorded in 1650–60; triple + -ly

Example Sentences

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"But reaching this pinnacle is doubly, triply sad for us all," he says.

From BBC

Using a new technique with the Hubble Space Telescope, the team employed a filter set that looks at the light of triply ionized carbon.

From Science Daily

We made a plan for Easter Sunday — a rare Easter that coincided with Passover and Ramadan, so triply holy — and when I woke the sky had pitched its blue tent high in celebration.

From New York Times

Should the original map be upheld later, he said, returning to it would be “triply disruptive to the system.”

From New York Times

As a teenager she falls triply in love, with a boy, with nature, and with the art of writing, all passions that will sustain her.

From New York Times