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1. (adv.) highly
extremely:
highly amusing.
2. highly
admiringly:
spoke highly of her
3. highly
generously:
a highly paid consultant.
Etymology: (bef. 900)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adverb) highly, extremely
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"
2. (adverb) highly
at a high rate or wage
"highly paid workers"
3. (adverb) highly
in a high position or level or rank
"details known by only a few highly placed persons"
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1. (adverb) highly
very
highly intelligent/successful; a highly dangerous/flammable chemical
2. highly
to a high level
a highly skilled/educated/paid workforce
3. highly
with praise and admiration
to think/speak highly of sb
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| Definition of 'highly' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adverb) highly
in a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. 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.
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Sense: very; very much
highly delighted; highly paid; I value the book highly.
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 Afrikaans: hoogs, baie hoog, uiters |
 Arabic: جدا ،عالياً |
 Bulgarian: много |
 Brazilian: muito |
 Czech: vysoce |
 German: hoch |
 Danish: yderst; højt |
 Greek: πάρα πολύ |
 Spanish: muy; enormemente |
 Estonian: kõrgelt |
 Farsi: خيلي زياد |
 Finnish: korkea- |
 French: extrêmement |
 Hebrew: בְּמִידָה רַבָּה |
 Hindi: बहुत |
 Croatian: jako, vrlo |
 Hungarian: nagyon |
 Indonesian: sangat |
 Icelandic: mjög (mikið/vel) |
 Italian: estremamente |
 Japanese: おおいに |
 Korean: 매우, 아주 |
 Lithuanian: aukštai, labai |
 Latvian: augstu;ļoti lielā mērā |
 Malay: sangat |
 Dutch: hoog, veel |
 Norwegian: høyt(-), sterkt, ytterst |
 Polish: wysoce, bardzo |
 Persian: خيلي زياد |
 Pashto: دیره زیاد |
 Portuguese: muito |
 Romanian: foarte (mult) |
 Russian: весьма, очень |
 Slovak: vysoko |
 Slovenian: zelo, visoko |
 Serbian: visoko |
 Swedish: högt, högst, högeligen |
 Thai: อย่างมาก |
 Turkish: çok, pek, hayli |
 Taiwanese: 很 |
 Ukrainian: дуже, сильно |
 Urdu: بہت ہی زيادہ |
 Vietnamese: tốt; cao |
 Chinese: 很 |
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