2
a
: to an excessive degree : excessively
too large a house for us
b
: to such a degree as to be regrettable
this time he has gone too far
c
: very
didn't seem too interested
3
: so sense 2d
"I didn't do it." "You did too."
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Examples of too in a Sentence
Too, Uncle Jake's hair was still a hard, young, brown color whereas Father's was full of pleasant gray streaks.
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Peter Taylor, The Old Forest and Other Stories, 1985
The widow she cried over me, and called me a poor lost lamb, and she called me a lot of other names, too, but she never meant no harm by it.
—Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn, 1884
"My dear Jane!" exclaimed Elizabeth, "you are too good. Your sweetness and disinterestedness are really angelic; I do not know what to say to you."
—Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 1813
We are selling the house and the furniture too.
He saw something, and she saw it too.
I want to go too!
The soup is too hot.
The offer was too good to refuse.
This shirt is way too big for me.
She is much too young to be watching this movie.
You gave me too many cards.
I have too much to do.
He works much too hard.
Peter Taylor, The Old Forest and Other Stories, 1985
The widow she cried over me, and called me a poor lost lamb, and she called me a lot of other names, too, but she never meant no harm by it.
—Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn, 1884
"My dear Jane!" exclaimed Elizabeth, "you are too good. Your sweetness and disinterestedness are really angelic; I do not know what to say to you."
—Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 1813
We are selling the house and the furniture too.
He saw something, and she saw it too.
I want to go too!
The soup is too hot.
The offer was too good to refuse.
This shirt is way too big for me.
She is much too young to be watching this movie.
You gave me too many cards.
I have too much to do.
He works much too hard.
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The situation probably explains her often-surly, delinquent-in-training attitude — nothing too serious, just a little breaking and entering into her grandmother’s apartment in the same building and stealing a doll.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
But there are tender and tragic parts, too, as the Sasquatches deal with fear, danger and death and face the encroachment of civilization — roads, machines, a stray campsite — on the unspoiled wilderness.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2024
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Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
But there are tender and tragic parts, too, as the Sasquatches deal with fear, danger and death and face the encroachment of civilization — roads, machines, a stray campsite — on the unspoiled wilderness.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2024
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“Too.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/too. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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too
adverb1
: in addition : also
sell the house and the furniture too
2
: to a degree greater than wanted or needed
the soup is too hot
this has gone on too long
3
: very entry 2 sense 1
the climb was not too hard
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