highly

[ hahy-lee ]

/ ˈhaɪ li /

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adverb

in or to a high degree; extremely: highly amusing; highly seasoned food.

with high appreciation or praise; admiringly: to speak highly of a person.

more than adequately; generously: a highly paid consultant.

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Origin of highly

before 900; Middle English heihliche, Old English hēalīce. See high, -ly

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Depending on the producer, Champagne can also be highly cloyingly sweet, buttery, or round, or mineral.
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The Company returned late in the evening to their Head-Quarters, highly pleased with their evening's entertainments.
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I highly appreciate, and cordially reciprocate those warm and concurrent expressions of confidence and affection.
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Accordingly, on behalf of the highly respectable Miss Heald, I now ask that the recognizances be forfeited.
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It is also the name given to highly cooked meat in hermetically sealed tin canisters.
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Its water was once supposed to be highly medicinal—in fact, miraculous.
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British Dictionary definitions for highly

highly

/ (ˈhaɪlɪ) /

adverb

(intensifier)highly pleased; highly disappointed

with great approbation or favourwe spoke highly of it

in a high positionplaced highly in class

at or for a high price or cost

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Word Origin and History for highly

highly

adv.

Old English healice "nobly, gloriously, honorably;" see high (adj.) + -ly (1). Meaning "very, very much, fully" is mid-14c.

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