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- pronunciation:
- haI
li
| part of speech: |
adverb |
| definition 1: |
"Highly" means "very" or "extremely." It means "to a high degree."
The singer became highly successful, having sold millions and millions of recordings.A college professor is a highly educated person.- synonyms:
- extremely
- antonyms:
- slightly
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| definition 2: |
If someone speaks highly of another person or a thing, they say very good things about that person or thing. I someone thinks highly of another person, they have a very good opinion of them.
Ms. Miller's boss thinks very highly of her and plans to offer her a promotion soon. |
| related words: |
much, quite |
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