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none too
Idioms and Phrases
Also, not too . Not very, as in The application arrived none too soon , or I'm afraid this secretary is not too smart , or He was here not too long ago . The first usage was first recorded in 1885; the variant dates from about 1920. Also see not all that .Example Sentences
The real estate broker, he recalled, was none too thrilled that he and his wife, an interracial couple, were moving in.
The project was completed in October, and that was none too soon.
His team has a week off, and none too soon.
Todd Thomas was none too pleased when Fresno County Superior Court Judge Adolfo Corona gave his daughter’s abuser a no-jail sentence in 2017.
Earlier Biden rallies had the feeling of supporters going through the motions, supporting his pro-labor policies, perhaps, but none too enthused about fielding an 81-year-old for president.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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