only too

Very, extremely, as in I am only too glad to help . This usage was first recorded in 1899.
At the very least, as a matter of fact, as in I know only too well that I can't win the lottery . This usage was first recorded in 1817.

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Before the march, Martin Hopper, Glanford Park's stadium manager, said the club was only too happy to back the steelworkers.

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Sir Keir Starmer's name might not be on the ballot paper, but he knows only too well the national impact of local votes.

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"If you've got world leaders who are only too happy to dismiss anything factual they don't like as 'fake news', why would you give them the ammunition of literal fake news?"

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AJ, however, is only too happy to take the mystery on: “I know every girl now is obsessed with murder, but I started the trend.”

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And FSG will know only too well that the longer there is no resolution, the louder the noise off stage will grow.

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