way too

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈweɪ tu/

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way too (not comparable)

1. To a degree that is very excessive emphatic and strengthened form of too.

   Synonyms: much too, far too

   • 1997, William Ayers, A kind and just parent: the children of juvenile court, Beacon Pr:

     Like one day when I was just a shorty my mother was drinking a beer and a policeman told her to pour it out. He was way too little to be saying that to my mother. No way I was going to let him put handcuffs on her.

   • 2005, Matt Kloskowski, Extreme Photoshop CS, page 132:

     What can I say about pixel art other than that the designers who create it have way too much time on their hands? All joking aside, pixel art has taken on a life of its own in recent years.

   • 2007 January 2, “Our Girls Are Growing Up Way Too Fast (3 Letters)”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Our girls are growing up way too fast. (title of the article)

   • 2007, Ralph A. Gessner, Deep in My Heart, page 105:

     That's taking things way too far in my book.

   • 2008, Julie Johnson Oliver, I've Been 16 for 34 Years, Groveland Branch Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 72:

     Everyone will have to guess who I want to dance with tonight, I thought. I'm not giving myself away to this bunch of gomers. That would be way too embarrassing.

   • 2011, Trish Perry, Tea for Two, page 47:

     This was one flirty dress. Way too sultry for a first date, especially with someone she might have no real interest in.