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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The lack of genuine Western interest in Myanmar has created a vacuum that China is only too happy to fill.
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Ye Myo Hein, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2025
Since there was a two-to three-week gap between Spring Training and the start of the Major League Baseball season, those writers were only too happy with the diversion in Georgia.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
The structure itself is not only too small to meet the needs, but dozens of police stations have also been destroyed by gangs and vetting individuals has become difficult in an environment where one in 10 Haitians is currently displaced.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
The Senators nearly ran the Bruins out of the building – and the B’s were only too willing to offer themselves up as road kill – in the first period in which the Sens took a 4-1 lead.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
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Ye Myo Hein, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2025
Since there was a two-to three-week gap between Spring Training and the start of the Major League Baseball season, those writers were only too happy with the diversion in Georgia.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
The structure itself is not only too small to meet the needs, but dozens of police stations have also been destroyed by gangs and vetting individuals has become difficult in an environment where one in 10 Haitians is currently displaced.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
The Senators nearly ran the Bruins out of the building – and the B’s were only too willing to offer themselves up as road kill – in the first period in which the Sens took a 4-1 lead.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Only too.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/only%20too. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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