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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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Snowdrops and daffodils give way to tulips and bluebells, and the speed and intensity of spring's blooms are highly influenced by the weather.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

More capacity will eventually come online, as it always does in the highly cyclical memory-chip industry, and prices will drop.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

How many television shows are there where fans are highly familiar with the habits and penchants of the show’s producer?

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Simers tended to probe and kid and seek to stir up things, but Anderson also recognized that he could be highly accurate, perceptive and even fun.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

At issue was how highly correlated the prices of various subprime mortgage bonds inside a CDO might be.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis