twofold

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; ; - R.W.Emerson; -Frederick Harrison
  2. adjective twice as great or many
  3. adverb by a factor of two

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English twofold, from Old English twēofeald. Equivalent to two + -fold; cognate to Icelandic tvöfalt and Dutch tweevoudig.

In classic literature

Synonyms

double, dual, two-fold, treble, threefold, three-fold

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