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highly

/ˈhaɪli/

highly adverb: in a high or esteemed manner.

Adverb

highly (comparative highlier or more highly, superlative highliest or most highly)

  1. In a high or esteemed manner.
    • He spoke highly of you.
    • Highly placed officials who denied the story
  2. Extremely; greatly; very much.
    • He is in a highly visible job.
    • The book was highly controversial yet sold unbelievably well.

highly meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

highly in Tamil

வினையுரிச்சொல், உயர்வாக, உயர்ந்த, உச்சநிலையில்

highly in Urdu

بہت ہی, اونچے مقام پر

highly in Bengali

অত্যন্ত, অতিশয়, একেবারে, সম্পূর্ণভাবে, উপরে, যথাযথভাবে

highly in Malayalam

വളരെ, അതിയായി, അധികം ഉയർന്ന തരത്തിൽ
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highly in Sanskrit
उदात्त udātta

Examples of highly in a sentence

  • There are those who value a seat sufficiently highly that they prefer to make their daily journeys by the Western Region Vine Street line.1952 March, R. K. Kirkland, “The Railways of Uxbridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 150:
  • Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true.2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:

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Forms of highly

comparativehighlier
comparativemore highly
superlativehighliest
superlativemost highly

Origin of highly

From Middle English hiȝly, heȝly, heyȝliche, from Old English hēalīce (“highly”), equivalent to high + -ly. Cognate with Dutch hoogelijk (“highly”), German höchlich (“highly”), Danish højlig (“highly”), Swedish högligen (“highly”).

Words formed from highly

Phrases with highly

Words that rhyme with highly

Questions about highly

What does highly mean?
Highly means in a high or esteemed manner.
What is highly in Tamil?
Highly in Tamil is வினையுரிச்சொல், உயர்வாக, உயர்ந்த. See Highly meaning in Tamil.
How do you use highly in a sentence?
There are those who value a seat sufficiently highly that they prefer to make their daily journeys by the Western Region Vine Street line.
What part of speech is highly?
Highly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce highly?
Highly is pronounced /ˈhaɪli/.

Words near highly in the dictionary

  1. highlites
  2. highliting
  3. highlone
  4. highlow
  5. highlows
  6. highly
  7. highly commended
  8. highly composite number
  9. highly composite numbers
  10. highly enriched uranium
  11. highly sensitive person

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: highly (page history and authors); highly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); highly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); highly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); highly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); उदात्त (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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