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[ adverb ] to an excessive degree
Synonyms Examples "too big" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)When he was inducted into the Army at Fort_Knox_, Ky. , Hansen 's weight had dropped to 180 - `` too light for me to be at my best '' he said . (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)The infield was well flooded but the expanded outfield was much too dark . (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)The old_man was almost too possessive . (The Providence Journal...)Wallace_Gray has directed a difficult play here , usually well , but with just a_bit too much physical movement in the first act for my taste . Most of the female faces are new , or at_least not too familiar . |
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[ adverb ] in addition
Examples "he has a Mercedes, too" Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)This masterpiece has gaiety , too , but it is the gaiety of dancing people : earthy , salty and humorous . (Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)A world in which wives have taken a more active role is likely to produce sexual_relationships in which wives are more self-assertive , too '' . But her personality was such_that each affair lasted only until that lover , too , had been conquered and reduced to passivity . (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)Interruptions came largely from the bench , which numerous times rebuked the Attorney_General for letting his witnesses run on , though it , too , made no serious effort to choke_off the flow . (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)The land , too , is changing , and earthquakes are daily reminders of_this . |
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