Meanings
- not comparableTo a degree that is very excessive emphatic and strengthened form of too.
That's taking things way too far in my book.
2007, Ralph A. Gessner, Deep in My Heart, page 1055 more examples
Like one day when I was just a shorty my mother was drinking a beer and a policeman told her to pour it out. He was way too little to be saying that to my mother. No way I was going to let him put handcuffs on her.
1997, William Ayers, A kind and just parent: the children of juvenile court, Beacon PrWhat can I say about pixel art other than that the designers who create it have way too much time on their hands? All joking aside, pixel art has taken on a life of its own in recent years.
2005, Matt Kloskowski, Extreme Photoshop CS, page 132Our girls are growing up way too fast. (title of the article)
2007 January 2, “Our Girls Are Growing Up Way Too Fast (3 Letters)”, in New York TimesEveryone will have to guess who I want to dance with tonight, I thought. I'm not giving myself away to this bunch of gomers. That would be way too embarrassing.
2008, Julie Johnson Oliver, I've Been 16 for 34 Years, Groveland Branch Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 72This was one flirty dress. Way too sultry for a first date, especially with someone she might have no real interest in.
2011, Trish Perry, Tea for Two, page 47
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbTo a degree that is very excessive emphatic and strengthened form of too.
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀγα-
- ἀγα- (aga-)to a degree that is very excessive
Catalan molt, massa
- moltto a degree that is very excessive
- massato a degree that is very excessive
- excessivamentto a degree that is very excessive
Chinese Mandarin 太
- 太 (tài)to a degree that is very excessive
Danish alt for
- alt forto a degree that is very excessive
Dutch veel te, veels te
- veel teto a degree that is very excessive
- veels teto a degree that is very excessive
Finnish aivan liian
- aivan liianto a degree that is very excessive
French bien trop, beaucoup trop
- bien tropto a degree that is very excessive
- beaucoup tropto a degree that is very excessive
- par tropto a degree that is very excessive
German viel zu
- viel zuto a degree that is very excessive
Greek πολύ
- πολύ (polý)to a degree that is very excessive
Hebrew הרבה יותר מדי
- הרבה יותר מדי (harbé yotér midáy)to a degree that is very excessive
Hindi बहुत ही, बहुत
- बहुत ही (bahut hī)to a degree that is very excessive
- बहुत (bahut)to a degree that is very excessive
Hungarian túlontúl
- túlontúlto a degree that is very excessive
Icelandic allt of
- allt ofto a degree that is very excessive
Irish i bhfad ró-
- i bhfad ró-to a degree that is very excessive
Italian troppo, eccessivamente
- troppoto a degree that is very excessive
- eccessivamenteto a degree that is very excessive
- soverchiamenteto a degree that is very excessive
Japanese 過ぎる
- 過ぎる (sugiru)to a degree that is very excessive
Norwegian Bokmål altfor
- altforto a degree that is very excessive
Polish aż nadto
- aż nadtoto a degree that is very excessive
Portuguese muito, demasiado
- muitoto a degree that is very excessive
- demasiadoto a degree that is very excessive
Romanian mult prea
- mult preato a degree that is very excessive
Russian сли́шком
- сли́шком (slíškom)to a degree that is very excessive
Scottish Gaelic fada cus
- fada custo a degree that is very excessive
Spanish demasiado
- demasiadoto a degree that is very excessive
Swedish alltför
- alltförto a degree that is very excessive
Tamil மிகவும்
- மிகவும் (mikavum)to a degree that is very excessive
Cite this entry
way too. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/way%20too
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