highly
922
1.0
- adverb
- /ˈhaɪli/
:
muy
- But definitely we are also still pursuing highly specialized fields.
- highly qualified
- highly experienced
- highly unlikely
Or towards other kinds of highly risky narrow AI.
- Or towards other kinds of highly risky narrow AI.
- In other words, it's highly, highly addictive, right?
- Now the very first thing is highly processed grains.
- Six things that women do when they're highly attracted to you.
- I try and spend my time with highly motivated big dreamers.
- So the brain, it's a unified, highly complex system.
- After all, narcissistic people are highly successful in society.
- And, you know, those are all highly theoretical ideas.
- But people say that's a dog whistle as if they're highly trained anti Nazis.
- It's schedules, things that are highly classified at the time.
- And that that's how highly productive people get things done.
Examples
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This is highly irregular, Your Honor.
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Flow is a state in which you become highly absorbed, right?
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What is it that we highly value in life?
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I highly, highly recommend them.
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Is it important for teachers to be highly qualified in reading and certified in special education?
Academic text (2011) -
After all, narcissistic people are highly successful in society.
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It's important that ice and snow is highly reflective of sunlight.
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Though she could not see or hear, Helen Keller became a highly accomplished writer and speaker.
Academic text (2011) -
All of the treatment programs reviewed are highly structured and contain set routines each day.
Academic text (1999) -
Helen Keller became a highly accomplished writer and speaker despite her disabilities.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To a large degree
∞
1.0
To a very great degree
638
1.0
In a very forceful or certain way
584
2.3
To a very great degree
350
1.0
By a very large amount
144
3.4
By a large amount
129
3.1
To a very large degree
129
4.9
To a large degree
128
3.5
To a very large degree
110
4.2
Very strongly in a way that changes people's feelings or thoughts
103
3.0
By a very large amount
101
3.5
In a way that is especially clear or important
84
2.1
To a very great degree
80
4.1
To a much higher level than usual
70
3.5
To a very large degree
57
4.6
To a very great degree
47
3.4
To a great degree
40
5.2
To a great degree
26
4.5
To a very high degree
21
3.5
To a very great degree
18
5.7
Very, to a high level
17
5.2
To a very great degree
12
3.3
In a very good way that shows great skill
12
3.6
To a very high degree
11
3.5
To a large degree
6
7.4
To a very large degree
2
7.7
In a very large and impressive way
1
4.9
In a way that is much better than usual and impresses people
1
7.0
To a very high degree, showing excellent quality
1
8.4
To a very high degree
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A treatment for HIV that uses several medicines to lower the amount of virus in the body
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Highly comes from the simple adjective high ('tall' or 'great') plus the adverb ending -ly, so it means 'to a high degree' or 'very much'. That's why we say someone is highly skilled when their skill is very great.