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

One study of xenophyophores in the Atlantic found them to be quick-growing, increasing in volume severalfold over a period of eight months, but it may not be reasonable to extrapolate from those species to xenophyophores in the Clarion-Clipperton.

From Nautilus