highly

Definition

  • adverb: to a great degree
  • adverb: in or to a high place, level, or rank

Examples

  • She is one of the most 'highly' respected journalists in the country.

  • That idea seems 'highly' [='extremely'] unlikely to me.

  • This is a 'highly' [='very'] sensitive matter.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - No, no, no. - I'm a hungry lioness... ...and you're a baby gazelle. Maggie! No, no, no, Maggie, stop this now. If you only knew how highly inappropriate and dysfunctional this is. Stop it. Please stop. Maggie, I'm not the person that you think I am. - Yes, you are. (..)
    2009 17 Again