fivefold adjective 2adverb 1 adjective2 •Five times as much or as many. •In a group or series of five; consisting of five together as one; quintuple.[W]e pay twofold adoration to the goddess who grants increase and perfection. ... Fivefold adoration to her who exists in the form of Wisdom. — 1885 adverb1 •By a factor of five.