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highly-strung

highly-strung adjective: synonym of high-strung.

Adjective

highly-strung (comparative more highly-strung, superlative most highly-strung)

  1. Synonym of high-strung.
    Synonyms:
    high-strung

highly-strung meaning in Kannada

highly-strung in Kannada

ಅತಿಸಂವೇದನಾಶೀಲ, ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ ಕ್ಷೋಭೆಗೊಳ್ಳುವ

Synonyms of highly-strung

Forms of highly-strung

comparativemore highly-strung
superlativemost highly-strung

Questions about highly-strung

What does highly-strung mean?
Highly-strung means synonym of high-strung.
What is highly-strung in Kannada?
Highly-strung in Kannada is ಅತಿಸಂವೇದನಾಶೀಲ, ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ ಕ್ಷೋಭೆಗೊಳ್ಳುವ. See Highly-strung meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is highly-strung?
Highly-strung is an adjective.

Words near highly-strung in the dictionary

  1. highly sensitive person
  2. highly sensitive persons
  3. highly superior autobiographical memories
  4. highly superior autobiographical memory
  5. highly-enriched uranium
  6. highly-strung
  7. highman
  8. highmen
  9. highminded
  10. highmindedly
  11. highmindedness

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