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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On one side, the Glass House, transparent and entirely self-possessed, a work of modernist daring framed in steel and inspired, as Johnson was only too happy to admit, by the designs of his hero, the German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
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Christopher Hawthorne, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
And hotels are only too happy to accommodate this growing interest.
—Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Dec. 2023
Same with Tim Lambert, who is only too happy to publicize Arthur's handiwork.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 20 Aug. 2010
Meanwhile, House Democrats were only too happy to watch Republicans assail one another.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
Meadows is only too happy to show people his spacious and sunlit office, impressively festooned with White House memorabilia, though with little if any wall space dedicated to commemorating his seven years as a congressman and before that his time as a real estate agent in western North Carolina.
—Robert Draper, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
The promise is only too enticing, which explains the continued prevalence of this dubious advice.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2024
The exhibition was organized under extraordinary conditions of epidemic and war only too reminiscent, to historians of the period, of the afflictions that fell on Byzantium even at the height of its power under the emperor Justinian in the mid-sixth century.
—Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020
The big brands seemed only too happy to comply, and these days, users will find their feeds littered with spam touting dubious no-name products and services, from supposedly better bras to cryptocurrency exchanges, instead of recognizable promotions from the likes of Disney or Apple.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2024
Christopher Hawthorne, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
And hotels are only too happy to accommodate this growing interest.
—Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Dec. 2023
Same with Tim Lambert, who is only too happy to publicize Arthur's handiwork.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 20 Aug. 2010
Meanwhile, House Democrats were only too happy to watch Republicans assail one another.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
Meadows is only too happy to show people his spacious and sunlit office, impressively festooned with White House memorabilia, though with little if any wall space dedicated to commemorating his seven years as a congressman and before that his time as a real estate agent in western North Carolina.
—Robert Draper, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
The promise is only too enticing, which explains the continued prevalence of this dubious advice.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2024
The exhibition was organized under extraordinary conditions of epidemic and war only too reminiscent, to historians of the period, of the afflictions that fell on Byzantium even at the height of its power under the emperor Justinian in the mid-sixth century.
—Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020
The big brands seemed only too happy to comply, and these days, users will find their feeds littered with spam touting dubious no-name products and services, from supposedly better bras to cryptocurrency exchanges, instead of recognizable promotions from the likes of Disney or Apple.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2024
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“Only too.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/only%20too. Accessed 1 May. 2024.
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