Lexic.us

Definition of Twofold

1. Adjective. Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities. "Every episode has its double and treble meaning"

2. Adverb. By a factor of two. "The price increased twofold last year"

3. Adjective. Twice as great or many. "A twofold increase"

Definition of Twofold

1. a. Double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument.

2. adv. In a double degree; doubly.

Definition of Twofold

1. Adjective. Double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument. ¹

2. Adverb. In a double degree; doubly. ¹

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Definition of Twofold

1. an amount twice as great as a given unit [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Twofold

two times two weeks two wrongs don't make a right two wrongs make a right twocced twoccer twoccers twoccing twoccings twocs

twodimensional twoer twoers twofer twofers twofold (current term) twofoldedness twofoldness twofolds twoheaded

twoish twoling twolings twomp twomps twoness twonesses twonk twonked twonking

Literary usage of Twofold

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The polyhedron center is the point of intersection of the 4 and two twofold axes. Each twofold axis passes through the midpoints ..."

2. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx (1906)
"THE twofold CHARACTER OP THE LABOUR EMBODIED IN COMMODITIES. ... I was the first to point out and to examine critically this twofold nature of the labour ..."

3. The Works of Rufus Choate: With a Memoir of His Life by Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown (1862)
"To accomplish this twofold object we have established a twofold set of institutions and instrumentalities ; some of them designed to develop and give ..."

4. Elements of Mental Philosophy by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1847)
"The principles, based upon desire, susceptible of a twofold operation. ... It is, that, with the exception just mentioned, they all have a twofold action, ..."

5. A Text-Book in the History of Education by Paul Monroe (1905)
"The twofold Ideal.—The ideal of this education was simple, yet contained the ... It included the twofold ideal of the man of wisdom and the man of action ..."

6. A Text-book in the History of Education by Paul Monroe (1905)
"The twofold Ideal.—The ideal of this education was simple, yet contained the ... It included the twofold ideal of the man of wisdom and the man of action ..."

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