twice
two times
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,062 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 17,231 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
adverb
- two times I called her twice
- to double the degree also: doubly, double she was doubly rewardedhis eyes were double bright
twice in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I drill with the volunteers twice a week, and lend a hand at the farms.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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He entered his bedroom which he had occupied only once or twice during the last few months.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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Twice he 'ad to throw the bedclothes over their 'eads because o' the noise they was making.
Bill's Lapse Odd Craft, Part 4. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1
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He had been compelled to give some thirty francs to a nurse, and almost twice as much for the baby’s clothes.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Why should he take such a poor girl as you by the hand, as your letter says he has done twice?
Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded · Samuel Richardson · Chapter 1