only too

1. 1.

   to a high degree

   “she is all too ready to accept the job”

   Synonymsall too

Questions about only too

What does only too mean?

only too means "to a high degree".

What is another word for only too?

Close synonyms include all too. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is only too a common word?

only too is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.