twofold Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson
   treble; two-fold; double; three-fold; threefold; dual.
   
   • a double (or dual) role for an actor
   • the office of a clergyman is twofold
   • every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison
2. adjective satellite twice as great or many
   double; two-fold; doubled.
   
   • ate a double portion
   • the dose is doubled
   • a twofold increase
3. adverb by a factor of two
   two times.
   
   • the price increased twofold last year

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