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triply adverb uk /ˈtrɪp.əl.i/ us /ˈtrɪp.əl.i/ in a way that is three times or many times as much, as many, as big, as often, etc.: This acid has one quadruply negative, two quadruply positive, and one triply positive carbon atom. You have to be doubly, triply, quadruply sure that the data is accurate when the effects of a mistake are so serious. She had to be triply brave on missions in order to win the recognition a man would receive. Related word
triple Comparedoubly quadruply I had to try three of the brownies as soon as they were cool enough, just to be triply sure that they were good. When two or three people sit on the same sofa, it makes things doubly or triply uncomfortable. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Numbers: single, double & multiple alone bilateral bilaterally bipartite bipolar deca- deka- double-action dual himself multiple plural purely quintuple solitarily solitary trilateral trilaterally unilaterally unit |