What is the meaning of twofold?

adjective

  • 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
  • Twice as great or many.
    • usage: "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase"

adverb

  • By a factor of two.
    • usage: "the price increased twofold last year"
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