From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Twofold \Two"fold'\, adjective [Cf. {Twifold}.] Double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Twofold \Two"fold'\, adverb In a double degree; doubly.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: 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 [syn: {double}, {dual}, {treble}, {threefold}]
2: twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase" [syn: {double}, {doubled}]
adverb
1: by a factor of two; "the price increased twofold last year" [syn: {two times}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "twofold": Janus-like, ambidextrous, as much again, bifacial, bifold, biform, bilateral, binary, binate, biparous, bivalent, conduplicate, disomatous, double, double-barreled, double-faced, doubly, dual, dualistic, dually, duple, duplex, duplicate, dyadic, geminate, geminated, paired, second, secondary, twice, twice as much, twice over, twin, twinned, two times, two-faced, two-level, two-ply, two-sided, two-story
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