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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Rio, who clearly hates Agatha’s mother on a cellular level, hisses in protest, but Jen especially is only too happy to listen.
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Caroline Framke, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
Ferrer, meanwhile, seemed only too happy to inherit Craigslist’s share of the adult market, even if that meant assuming its place in the crosshairs.
—Christine Biederman, WIRED, 18 June 2019
Kimberly’s flagrantly dysfunctional parents are only too present in the show.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
But, to many, this portrayal of Charles' problem sibling, will ring only too true.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 19 Sep. 2024
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Caroline Framke, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
Ferrer, meanwhile, seemed only too happy to inherit Craigslist’s share of the adult market, even if that meant assuming its place in the crosshairs.
—Christine Biederman, WIRED, 18 June 2019
Kimberly’s flagrantly dysfunctional parents are only too present in the show.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
But, to many, this portrayal of Charles' problem sibling, will ring only too true.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Only too.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/only%20too. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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