several times as large as, as great as, or as many as something
severalfold in American English
(ˈsevərəlˌfould, ˈsevrəl-)
adjective
1.
comprising several parts or members
2.
several times as great or as much
a severalfold increase
adverb
3.
in severalfold measure
Word origin
[1730–40; several + -fold]This word is first recorded in the period 1730–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bronze, escapement, maximum, modernism, thesaurus
Examples of 'severalfold' in a sentence
severalfold
But even so, the attractions of arbitration in family cases south of the border are severalfold.