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twice
adverb
[ twʌɪs ]
• two times; on two occasions.
• "the earl married twice"
Origin:
late Old English twiges, from the base of two + -s3 (later respelled -ce to denote the unvoiced sound); compare with once.
Phrases
be twice the man that someone is
• be much better than someone else.
"how dare you criticize him, he's twice the man that you are!"