bi·far·i·ous \(ˈ)bī|fa(a)rēəs\adjective Etymology: Latin bifarius, from bifariam in two ways, from bi- bi- (I) + -fariam (akin to Sanskrit root dhā in dvidhā in two ways, dadhāti he places, sets) — more at do archaic: twofold, ambiguous < some strange, mysterious verity in old bifarious prophesy — Ned Ward > • bi·far·i·ous·lyadverb