Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

all too

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.85 in modern English

Syllables: al-l -too
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Very, extremely; thoroughly but lamentably; excessively.

Example Sentences

"Teenage pregnancies are all too common in the UK."
"Sexism is all too familiar in this department."
"They were all too ready to sell their stories to the press."
"It was over all too soon."
"a robot will not be subject to all-too-human fits of anger, sadism or cruelty."
"And you call me up again just to break me like a promise So casually cruel in the name of being honest I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here 'Cause I remember it all, all, all too well"

Inflected Forms

all to (alternative, misspelling)

Frequently Paired Words

nice and good and

Synonyms

only too

Questions

What does all too mean?: Very, extremely; thoroughly but lamentably; excessively.

How to pronounce all too

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