ninefold

[ adjective nahyn-fohld; adverb nahyn-fohld ]
/ adjective ˈnaɪnˌfoʊld; adverb ˈnaɪnˈfoʊld /

adjective

nine times as great or as much.
having nine elements or parts.

adverb

in a ninefold manner or measure; to or by nine times as much: to increase one's income ninefold.

Origin of ninefold

before 1000; nine + -fold; compare Old English nigonfeald in same sense (not attested in ME)

Words nearby ninefold

nine-days wonder, nine-eleven, nine-spot, nine-to-five, ninebark, ninefold, ninepence, ninepenny, ninepins, niner, nineteen

Example sentences from the Web for ninefold

  • Draw now the threefold knot firm on the ninefold bands, And the Law that ye make shall be law after the rule of your lands.

    A Song of the English |Rudyard Kipling

  • It may not be; the unlovely pool locks them in her gloomy wave, and Styx pours her ninefold barrier between.

    The Aeneid of Virgil |Virgil

  • And I praised her ninefold, and could have gone on for an hour.

    Dariel |R. D. Blackmore

British Dictionary definitions for ninefold

ninefold
/ (ˈnaɪnˌfəʊld) /

adjective

equal to or having nine times as many or as much
composed of nine parts

adverb

by or up to nine times as many or as much