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Sixfold

adj, adv

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having six times as much or as many. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Having six component parts. not-comparable

    "The method is sixfold, and I will tell you what the six steps you must take are. 1605, Andrew Willet, Hexapla in Geneſin, That Is, A Sixfold Commentarie Upon Genesis, wherein ſixe ſeverall tranſlations, that is the Septuagint, and the Chalde, two Latin, of Hierome, and Tremellius, two Engliſh, the great Bible , and the Geneva edition are compared."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having six units or components wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Times six, multiplied by six. not-comparable

    "I will return your investment sixfold. That's right, you'll have 600% of what you started with. 1885, Alexander Campbell, Speeches on Divers Occasions, page 101, "[He] would state that in [1842, there were] 3,448 letters ... received, and in 1865 [that total was] 18,222, or nearly sixfold more."

Adverb
  1. 1
    by a factor of six wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English sexfold, from Old English sixfeald. Equivalent to six + -fold.

Etymology 2

From Middle English sexfold, from Old English sixfeald. Equivalent to six + -fold.

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