twofold
adj.
doubled; twice as great; having two parts
adv.
doubly; in a double degree
twofold
Adjective
1. having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison
(synonym) double, dual, treble, threefold
(similar) multiple
2. twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase"
(synonym) double, doubled
(similar) multiple
Adverb
1. by a factor of two; "the price increased twofold last year"
(synonym) two times
Twofold
(adv.)
In a double degree; doubly.
(a.)
Double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
twofold
Synonyms and related words:
Janus-like, ambidextrous, as much again, bifacial, bifold, biform, bilateral, binary, binate, biparous, bivalent, conduplicate, disomatous, double, double-barreled, double-faced, doubly, dual, dualistic, dually, duple, duplex, duplicate, dyadic, geminate, geminated, paired, second, secondary, twice, twice as much, twice over, twin, twinned, two times, two-faced, two-level, two-ply, two-sided, two-story
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Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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