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Definitions

highly

[hahy-lee] / ˈhaɪ li /
ADVERB
very, well
Synonyms
STRONGEST
decidedly deeply eminently exceedingly exceptionally extraordinarily extremely greatly hugely immensely profoundly really remarkably so strikingly supremely terribly tremendously vastly very much
WEAK
awful awfully bloody but good mighty mucho notably parlous plenty powerful real right so much surpassingly terrifically too much
Antonyms
STRONGEST
little unremarkably

Example Sentences

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The Masters gnome, introduced in 2016, is the tournament’s most highly sought after collectible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

With only six, carbenes are highly unstable and react almost instantly with their surroundings.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026

Copper prices are highly correlated to economic activity.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

“In general, university retirement communities attract people who are highly educated and had good experiences in college,” said Lindsey Beagley, senior director of lifelong university engagement for Mirabella at ASU.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

In 1958, Dr. Derek J. de Solla Price, a physicist and highly respected science historian, made the first truly detailed study of the object.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler