only too happy

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This shows how efficient the brain is: once it has found a solution to a certain problem, it is only too happy to use it for other, similar tasks as well.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024

Sir Bobby's mother, Cissie, was a football fanatic only too happy to encourage her sons.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2023

Iran has been isolated and only too happy to have new trading partners and some source of international legitimacy.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2023

But for now, with his country locked in a war against Russia, he is only too happy to feed the troops as an army cook.

From Reuters • Sep. 13, 2023

She dismissed the girl with a wave, and Margaret seemed only too happy to go, although she cast a sympathetic look toward Penelope as she backed out the door and hurried away.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood