sixfold

adj, adv — 3 senses

sixfold

adj

Etymology From Middle English sexfold, from Old English sixfeald. Equivalent to six + -fold.

1

Having six times as much or as many.

2

Having six component parts.

The method is sixfold, and I will tell you what the six steps you must take are.

Derived terms: sixfoldness

sixfold

adv

Etymology From Middle English sexfold, from Old English sixfeald. Equivalent to six + -fold.

1

Times six, multiplied by six.

I will return your investment sixfold. That's right, you'll have 600% of what you started with. 1885, Alexander Campbell, Speeches on Divers Occasions, page 101, "[He] would state that in [1842, there were] 3,448 letters ... received, and in 1865 [that total was] 18,222, or nearly sixfold more.

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