only too

English

Adverb

only too (not comparable)

(before adjective) very, all too.
- 1922, Stephen McKenna, The Confessions of a Well-Meaning Woman‎:
  In a crisis I am only too well aware that I am always left to find a way out, but that night I felt hardly adequate even to ordinary conversation
- 1913, Kenneth Grahame, chapter 10, in The Wind in the Willows:
  After some miles of country lanes he reached the high road, and as he turned into it and glanced along its white length, he saw approaching him a speck that turned into a dot and then into a blob, and then into something very familiar; and a double note of warning, only too well known, fell on his delighted ear.
(before adverb) to a high degree; very well or very much
- 2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian‎:
  Cities were not built to handle this volume of last-mile activity – a fact that firms such as UPS realise only too well.
- 2014, Trina Chako, Sisters‎:
  You understand?”
  “Only too well.” Sudhir said wryly.

Collocations

Often used in combination with "well", where this expression normally collocates with adjectives and verbs connected to understanding and knowledge:

know only too well
understand only too well
be only too aware
comprehend only too well
remember only too well

单词	only too
释义	only too English Adverb only too (not comparable) (before adjective) very, all too. 1922, Stephen McKenna, The Confessions of a Well-Meaning Woman‎: In a crisis I am only too well aware that I am always left to find a way out, but that night I felt hardly adequate even to ordinary conversation 1913, Kenneth Grahame, chapter 10, in The Wind in the Willows: After some miles of country lanes he reached the high road, and as he turned into it and glanced along its white length, he saw approaching him a speck that turned into a dot and then into a blob, and then into something very familiar; and a double note of warning, only too well known, fell on his delighted ear. (before adverb) to a high degree; very well or very much 2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian‎: Cities were not built to handle this volume of last-mile activity – a fact that firms such as UPS realise only too well. 2014, Trina Chako, Sisters‎: You understand?” “Only too well.” Sudhir said wryly. Collocations Often used in combination with "well", where this expression normally collocates with adjectives and verbs connected to understanding and knowledge: know only too* well* understand only too* well* be only too* aware* comprehend only too* well* remember only too* well*
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