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01adverb

usually kana

very; awfully; exceedingly

とっても is more emphatic

02adverb

usually kana

(not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

before a negative form

この雨の中を外出することはとてもできないことです。

Going out in this rain is out of the question.

Tatoeba #222938

「これはとてもおもしろそうだね」とひろしが言います。

"This looks pretty interesting," Hiroshi says.

今とても眠い。

I'm very sleepy now.

Tatoeba #172772

迚も (rarely used kanji form)とっても

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