all too

adverb

Very, extremely; thoroughly but lamentably; excessively.

“It was over all too soon.”

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adverball too (not comparable)

alternative misspelling all to

  1. not comparableVery, extremely; thoroughly but lamentably; excessively.

    It was over all too soon.

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    Teenage pregnancies are all too common in the UK.

    Sexism is all too familiar in this department.

    They were all too ready to sell their stories to the press.

    a robot will not be subject to all-too-human fits of anger, sadism or cruelty.

    2020 October 15, Frank Pasquale, “‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: the dangerous rise of military AI”, in The Guardian

    And you call me up again just to break me like a promise So casually cruel in the name of being honest I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here 'Cause I remember it all, all, all too well

    2011, Taylor Swift, “All Too Well”

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbto a high degree

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