[syn: twofold, two times]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Twofold \Two"fold`\, a. [Cf. Twifold.]
Double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a
twofold sense; a twofold argument.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Twofold \Two"fold`\, adv.
In a double degree; doubly.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
twofold
adv 1: by a factor of two; "the price increased twofold last
year" [syn: twofold, two times]
adj 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 [syn:
double, dual, twofold, two-fold, treble,
threefold, three-fold]
2: twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is
doubled"; "a twofold increase" [syn: double, doubled,
twofold, two-fold]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "twofold":
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