Hypertext Webster Gateway: "too"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Too \Too\, adv. [The same word as to, prep. See {To}.]
1. 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.
--Cowley.

2. Likewise; also; in addition.

An honest courtier, yet a patriot too. --Pope.

Let those eyes that view The daring crime, behold
the vengeance too. --Pope.

{Too too}, a duplication used to signify great excess.

O that this too too solid flesh would melt. --Shak.

Such is not Charles his too too active age.
--Dryden.

Syn: Also; likewise. See {Also}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

too
adv 1: to an excessive degree; "too big" [syn: {excessively}, {overly}]
2: in addition; "he has a Mercedes, too" [syn: {besides}, {also},
{likewise}, {as well}]


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