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dually

dually

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In a way that has two roles at the same time
  • adverb
  • /ˈduːəli/
translation icon : dualmente
  • In general, the teachers of students with visual impairments and dually certified personnel reported that they spent less time each week transcribing than did the transcribers, braillists, and paraeducators.
  • dually certified
  • dually diagnosed
  • dually eligible

Examples

  • Disabled individuals can enroll in the SSI program either by itself or dually with SSDI, depending on eligibility.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The number of dually certified graduates has continued to grow since that time.

    Academic text (1996)
  • All clients had to be dually eligible for the commission and the 000.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Team planning, team teaching, and/or dually trained personnel are critical.

    Academic text (1992)
  • In pursuing his dually focused study, Manent early on came across Max Weber.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Twenty-two of these grant-funded programs are serving dually enrolled students with intellectual disabilities (for more information, go to www.thinkcollege.net).

    Academic text (2012)
  • Many students who are dually enrolled in high school and college benefit from advanced coursework.

  • The organization provides services for individuals who are dually diagnosed with mental health and substance use disorders.

  • She held dually roles as both a manager and a mentor within the company.

Surface Forms

dually positive

Morphology

dually = dual (transparent) = dual + ly

Formation by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'dual', yielding a meaning directly derived from 'dual'.

Etymology

The word dually comes from dual, which comes from the old word duo meaning 'two'. So, dually means doing or relating to two things at the same time, like having a 'double' role.