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adverb

Too adv.

Over; more than enough; noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short, or too wide; too high; too many; too much. "His will, too strong to bend, too proud to learn."

Likewise; also; in addition. "An honest courtier, yet a patriot too." "Let those eyes that view The daring crime, behold the vengeance too."

Too too, a duplication used to signify great excess. "O that this too too solid flesh would melt." "Such is not Charles his too too active age."

Synonyms: Also; likewise. See Also.

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Etymology of 'Too'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Too" Quotes from Famous Books

... America, some to the West Indies, and some to the manufacturing districts of the south. Whole families took their departure in this way, and the few friendships which Kennedy formed amongst those of his own age were thus suddenly snapped, and only a great blank remained. But he too could follow their example, and enter upon that wider world in which so many others had ventured and succeeded. As early as eight years of age, his mother still impressing upon her boys the necessity ...

— Industrial Biography - Iron Workers and Tool Makers • Samuel Smiles

... meditation broke His spell, that penmen's pleadings dealt a stroke, Say some; and some that crimes too dire Did much to ...

— Poems of the Past and the Present • Thomas Hardy

... have two men in each room that was being painted, but Crass pointed out to Misery that under such circumstances they wasted time talking to each other, and they also acted as a check on one another: each of them regulated the amount of work he did by the amount the other did, and if the 'job' took too long it was always difficult to decide which of the two was to blame: but if they were made to work alone, each of them would be on his mettle; he would not know how much the others were doing, and the fear of being considered slow in comparison ...

— The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists • Robert Tressell

... sorts, good and bad," said Ellerey carelessly. "At the best he wants a lot of beating; at the worst, well, he wants a lot of beating that way, too. How is it ...

— Princess Maritza • Percy Brebner

... much to be said for and against this attitude. Some enthusiasts are apparently carrying the demand for "practical" education too far. The growing importance in our industrial life of efficiency and practical training should not blind us to the fact that education is cultural as well as occupational or vocational. The education of an ...

— Problems in American Democracy • Thames Ross Williamson

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