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highly
adverb high·ly \ˈhī-lē\
: to a great degree
: in an amount or number that is greater than usual : to a high degree
: in an approving way : with approval
Full Definition of HIGHLY
1
: in or to a high place, level, or rank
2
: in or to a high degree or amount
3
: with approval : favorably
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First Known Use of HIGHLY
before 12th century
Related to HIGHLY
- Synonyms
- achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly (also exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, very, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty, monstrous [chiefly dialect], mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, rattling, real, really, right, roaring, roaringly, seriously, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildly
- Antonyms
- little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat
HIGHLY Defined for Kids
highly
adverb high·ly \ˈhī-lē\
Definition of HIGHLY for Kids
1
: to a high degree : very much <He's a highly respected citizen.>
2
: with much approval <Teachers think highly of her.>
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