twentyfold

[ adjective twen-tee-fohld, twuhn-; adverb twen-tee-fohld, twuhn- ]

/ adjective ˈtwɛn tiˌfoʊld, ˈtwʌn-; adverb ˈtwɛn tiˈfoʊld, ˈtwʌn- /

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adjective

having twenty sections, aspects, divisions, kinds, etc.

being twenty times as large, great, many, etc.

adverb

twenty times in amount or degree.

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Origin of twentyfold

First recorded in 1600–10; twenty + -fold

New Orleans has survived at least a dozen great yellow-fever crises since 1812, population meanwhile increasing twentyfold.
Some Cities and San Francisco and Resurgam|Hubert Howe Bancroft
The seed had brought forth in him tenfold, perhaps twentyfold.
Talks To Farmers|Charles Haddon Spurgeon
It is the vanity of the paleface to hold that he can whip twentyfold his weight in any alien race.
The Sunset Trail|Alfred Henry Lewis
By 1917 our export of evaporated, condensed, and dried milk had gone up twentyfold.
Food Guide for War Service at Home|Katharine Blunt, Frances L. Swain, and Florence Powdermaker

It has been the fashion of our own age to beat out works into twentyfold and fiftyfold the size of those of Collins.
The Poetical Works of William Collins|William Collins