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decuply

decuply adverb: in a decuple manner.

Adverb

decuply (not comparable)

  1. (rare) In a decuple manner.
    • Blessed be Cadmus, author of letters, and decuply blessed be Faustus, father of type!1842 August, Polygon, “The Polygon Papers. Number Five.”, in The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, volume XX, number 2, New York, N.Y.: […] John Allen, […], page 115
    • A commodity almost scarcer than any other, and rendered doubly, quadruply, nay decuply scarce by the bare fact that, being the principal currency abroad, as well as at home, the whole world are scrambling with one another to obtain it, and competitors against us in every market for securing the...1847 February 9, The Morning Post, number 22,834, London, page 4

Examples of decuply in a sentence

  • After all, as chief of the secret police and lover of the Empress he alone—I shall tell him—is doubly, or is it decuply, paid for that purpose.[1974], Victor Segalen, translated by J[ames] A[mery] Underwood, René Leys, Chicago, Ill.: J. Philip O’Hara, Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 173:
  • Individual subunits, if no distinction is made between α and β, lie on a triply threaded, left-handed screw (n = −3) and a decuply threaded, right-handed screw (n = 10).2007, Jack Kyte, “Folding and Assembly”, in Structure in Protein Chemistry, 2nd edition, Garland Science, →ISBN, section “Assembly of...
  • “If we double that, then it has to be decuply amazing.”2018, Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke, Polaris (book six of The Stardust Series), →ISBN:

Origin of decuply

From decuple + -ly.

Questions about decuply

What does decuply mean?
Decuply means in a decuple manner.
How do you use decuply in a sentence?
After all, as chief of the secret police and lover of the Empress he alone—I shall tell him—is doubly, or is it decuply, paid for that purpose.
What part of speech is decuply?
Decuply is an adverb.

Words near decuply in the dictionary

  1. decupled
  2. decuples
  3. decuplet
  4. decuplets
  5. decupling
  6. decuply
  7. decurdling
  8. decuria
  9. decurias
  10. decuries
  11. decurion

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