1
[ adverb ] to an excessive degree

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 .

Related terms

excessive excessive

2
[ 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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