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 , twofold , treble , threefold , three-fold ]

twice as great or many; ate a double portion; the dose is doubled; a twofold increase

[ Syn: double , doubled , twofold ]