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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In addition
Example:
he has a Mercedes, too
Synonyms:
also; as well; besides; likewise; too
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Context examples:
You would also be right in a sense if you said that occasionally he is the British government.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If I am the chief of sinners, I am the chief of sufferers also.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Silver doubled his pace, digging away with the foot of his crutch like one possessed; and next moment he and I had come also to a dead halt.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“And do you also believe that I am so very, very wicked? Do you also join with my enemies to crush me, to condemn me as a murderer?”
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Something in the assured voice, and something also in the quiet pose, warned the young lord of his danger.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“And did you slay him also, my lord?” asked Ford with reverence.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Two of its tributary glaciers also are flowing faster and thinning rapidly.
(Antarctica’s Larsen B Ice Shelf Nearing Its Final Act, NASA)
They are too small to fuse hydrogen in their cores, the way most stars do, but also too large to be classified as planets.
(Powerful Auroras Found at Brown Dwarf, NASA)
Sand on Earth also can pick up an electric charge, but the grains are much smaller and dissipate rapidly.
('Electric Sands' Cover Titan, VOA News)
Molony also claims the ship backed into its Southampton berth in a bid to hide fire damage.
(UK documentary claims fire weakened RMS Titanic, Wikinews)
