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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Too

/to͞o/ · IPA /tu/
01 adv. Over; more than enough; -- noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short, or too wide; too high; too many; too much.
  1. 1.
    Over; more than enough; -- noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short, or too wide; too high; too many; too much.
    “His will, too strong to bend, too proud to learn.” — Cowley.
  2. 2.
    Likewise; also; in addition.
    “An honest courtier, yet a patriot too.” — Pope.
    “Let those eyes that view The daring crime, behold the vengeance too.” — Pope.
    “O that this too too solid flesh would melt.” — Shak.
    “Such is not Charles his too too active age.” — Dryden.
Phrases & compounds
Too too — a duplication used to signify great excess.
Syn. Also; likewise. See Also.