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only too

only too adverb: very, all too.

Adverb

only too (not comparable)

  1. very, all too.
    • I'll be only too happy to help.
    • I'm only too keen to leave school.
  2. to a high degree; very well or very much
    • Cities were not built to handle this volume of last-mile activity – a fact that firms such as UPS realise only too well.2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian
    • You understand?”
      “Only too well.” Sudhir said wryly.2014, Trina Chako, Sisters

Questions about only too

What does only too mean?
Only too means very, all too.
What part of speech is only too?
Only too is an adverb.

Words near only too in the dictionary

  1. only Nixon could go to China
  2. only son
  3. only sons
  4. only the good die young
  5. only time will tell
  6. only too
  7. only trotting after
  8. only-begotten
  9. onlyborn
  10. onlyborns
  11. onlyer

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