What does highly mean?
Definitions for highly
ˈhaɪ lihigh·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
highly, extremelyadverb
to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect
"highly successful"; "He spoke highly of her"; "does not think highly of his writing"; "extremely interesting"
highlyadverb
at a high rate or wage
"highly paid workers"
highlyadverb
in a high position or level or rank
"details known by only a few highly placed persons"
Wiktionary
highlyadverb
In a high or esteemed manner.
He spoke highly of you.
highlyadverb
extremely; greatly; awfully
He is in a highly visible job.
Etymology: From hiȝly, heȝly, heyȝliche, from healice, equivalent to. Cognate with hoogelijk, höchlich, højlig, högligen.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Highlyadverb
Etymology: from high.
Whatever expedients can allay those heats, which break us into different factions, cannot but be useful to the publick, and highly tend to its safety. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.
It cannot but be highly requisite for us to support and enliven our faith, by dwelling often on the same considerations. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.
What thou wouldst highly,
That thou wouldst holily; wouldst not play false,
And yet wouldst wrongly win. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.Every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think. Rom. xii. 3.
ChatGPT
highly
Highly refers to something being done to a great extent, degree or level. It often indicates that something is extremely, considerably or greatly happening or performed. It can also refer to expressing a strong positive opinion about something or someone.
Webster Dictionary
Highlyadverb
in a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed
The New Hacker's Dictionary
highly
[scientific computation] The preferred modifier for overstating an understatement. As in: highly nonoptimal, the worst possible way to do something; highly nontrivial, either impossible or requiring a major research project; highly nonlinear, completely erratic and unpredictable; highly nontechnical, drivel written for lusers, oversimplified to the point of being misleading or incorrect (compare drool-proof paper). In other computing cultures, postfixing of in the extreme might be preferred.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'highly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1081
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'highly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2295
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'highly' in Adverbs Frequency: #108
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of highly in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of highly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of highly in a Sentence
There are safe and simple steps that families can take to limit their exposure : reducing canned food consumption, avoiding microwaving plastic, this is also another opportunity to emphasize the need for fresh fruit and vegetable consumption as opposed to other highly processed or packaged foods. Not only because of the nutrients and how they differ but also because of the chemical contamination that is much greater... in fast food and other packaged foods.
This is like traveling from London to Moscow coupled with the fact that they were traveling in areas that are not highly populated.
The secret for those looking to grow their investment will be picking the wines we think Parker will rate most highly further down the line.
Peggy Noonan, speechwriter for the Reagan administration:
I first saw President Reagan as a foot, highly polished brown cordovan wagging merrily on a hassock. I spied it through the door. It was a beautiful foot, sleek. Such casual elegance and clean lines! But not a big foot, not formidable, maybe a little ...frail. I imagined cradling it in my arms, protecting it from unsmooth roads.
We think (the leveraged lending guidelines) have been a highly effective in terms of the regulators' stated policy goals and well-communicated policy throughout the leveraged lending community both to the banks and to the borrowers, the private equity firms are well aware of the guidelines and continue to moderate and modify their expectations.
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