twofold
adverb
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Pronunciation: /ˈtuːfəʊld/ / /ˈtufoʊld/ / /ˈtʉːfəʉld/
adj
Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English twofold, from Old English twēofeald. Equivalent to two + -fold; cognate to Icelandic tvöfalt and Dutch tweevoudig.
- Double; duplicate; multiplied by two.
“The wheat produced a twofold harvest.”
- 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 […]”
adv
Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English twofold, from Old English twēofeald. Equivalent to two + -fold; cognate to Icelandic tvöfalt and Dutch tweevoudig.
- In a double degree; doubly.