To love more than reasonably (3)
I believe the answer is:
too
'reasonably' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'to love more' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'more' says to put letters next to each other (some letters added to the previous ones).
'to'+'o'='TOO'
'than' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for too that I've seen before include "To a greater than desirable extent" , "Unduly" , "Also; overly" , "Excessively" , "What a pity!" .)