only too
idiom
: very or completely
He knew only too well what it meant to go to war.
They were only too ready to give up and go home.
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Cuomo has seemed only too happy to make this election a race between him and Zohran Mamdani, who’s in second place, painting the contest as one between an experienced figure of moderation and a young, potentially dangerous radical.
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Eric Lach, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
Micah Hayes, from northwest Florida, knows this only too well and has spent much of the past two years trying to warn others about the dangers on social media.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
There was no finesse or flair, and Coventry, who finished the regular season with a wet sail while the team above them floundered, were only too willing to take the game to Sunderland.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Leeds, as Farke has been only too happy to point out, is an enormous, emotional beast of an organisation.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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Eric Lach, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
Micah Hayes, from northwest Florida, knows this only too well and has spent much of the past two years trying to warn others about the dangers on social media.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
There was no finesse or flair, and Coventry, who finished the regular season with a wet sail while the team above them floundered, were only too willing to take the game to Sunderland.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Leeds, as Farke has been only too happy to point out, is an enormous, emotional beast of an organisation.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Only too.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/only%20too. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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