twofold
advEtymology PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English twofold, from Old English twēofeald. Equivalent to two + -fold; cognate to Icelandic tvöfalt and Dutch tweevoudig.
1
In a double degree; doubly.
- Synonyms
- double
twofold
adjUK /ˈtuːfəʊld/ · CA, US /ˈtufoʊld/
Etymology PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English twofold, from Old English twēofeald. Equivalent to two + -fold; cognate to Icelandic tvöfalt and Dutch tweevoudig.
1
Double; duplicate; multiplied by two.
- The wheat produced a twofold harvest.
2
Having two parts, especially two different parts.
- a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument
- 1874, Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Pythian Ode III, page 65. Had I but landed there and brought unto him a twofold joy, first golden health and next this my song of triumph to be a splendour in his Pythian crown […]
2 more examples
- It is the tale of Ixion's twofold guilt, unnatural murder and unlawful love.1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 7, page 107:
- "Wallace's suggestion for overcoming the epistemological and solipsistic effects of innate selfishness is twofold."2014, Robert K. Bolger, Scott Korb, Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy:
- Antonyms
- bisect
- Derived terms
- twofoldedness, twofoldly, twofoldness
- Hypernyms
- manyfold, multiplied