severalfold

[ sev-er-uhl-fohld, sev-ruhl- ]

adjective

1. comprising several parts or members.
2. several times as great or as much:

   a severalfold increase.

adverb

1. in severalfold measure.

Word History and Origins

Origin of severalfold¹

First recorded in 1730–40; several + -fold

Example Sentences

"We want to multiply the output severalfold as quickly as possible," he said.

From Reuters

“Moderna’s scientists made the groundbreaking discovery that replacing uridine in the mRNA molecule with 1-methylpseudouridine resulted in surprisingly superior protein production—a severalfold increase over chemically-modified mRNAs studied before—with a significantly reduced immune response against the mRNA itself,” the complaint argues.

From Science Magazine

The reasons for doing so are severalfold.

From Scientific American

And in one nursing home where the variant took hold, it spread severalfold faster than in four other nursing home outbreaks caused by other viral variants.

From Science Magazine

If the number of patients responsive to such therapies increased severalfold—as clinical indications expand, and as these therapies go from last ditch to front line in certain patient groups—the expense would dwarf the annual budget of the N.I.H. and could bankrupt the American health-care system.

From The New Yorker