sky-high

[ skahy-hahy ]

adverb

1. very high:

   Costs have gone sky-high since the war.

sky-high

adjective

1. at or to an unprecedented or excessive level

   prices rocketed sky-high

adverb

1. high into the air
2. blow sky-high
   blow sky-high to destroy completely

Word History and Origins

Origin of sky-high¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

They suffer sky-high maternal mortality rates, illiteracy, and a daily struggle against violence and poverty.

From The Daily Beast

Along this sky-high route, nearly every 19th-century saloon or historic hotel has a ghost story to tell.

From The Daily Beast

Unless some kind of sky-high musical chairs ensues, anything more than a cursory pre-potty hello could become a little tricky.

From The Daily Beast

The popular storage service is the latest young tech firm to coin a sky-high valuation.

From The Daily Beast

But after the painful shocks of 2008, the world got used to sky-high oil prices and eventually absorbed the impact.

From The Daily Beast

By this time all my American inventions, which would have paralysed Europe, are blown sky high!

From Project Gutenberg

To hear of Sardathion, the city built by the Gods of Old, is to see its domes of marble rising sky-high in the sunset-lighted air.

From Project Gutenberg

There the price of lumber had been boosted sky-high, and this destroyed Dingles profits on contracts he had undertaken.

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Had he not done so he and his brave comrades would have been blown sky-high by the touch of a button a mile away.

From Project Gutenberg

You can knock his insurance sky-high and get some money yourself.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• skyward