Highly

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Highly \High"ly\, adv.
     In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly
     esteemed.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  highly
       adv 1: to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect;
              "highly successful"; "He spoke highly of her"; "does
              not think highly of his writing"; "extremely
              interesting" [syn: {extremely}]
       2: at a high rate or wage; "highly paid workers"
       3: in a high position or level or rank; "details known by only
          a few highly placed persons"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "highly":
     a deal, a great deal, a lot, abundantly, approvingly,
     as all creation, as all get-out, authoritatively, beaucoup,
     considerable, considerably, decidedly, effectively,
     enthusiastically, ever so, ever so much, exceedingly,
     exceptionally, extraordinarily, extremely, favorably, galore,
     greatly, hugely, immensely, importantly, in great measure,
     incomparably, influentially, largely, much, muchly, never so,
     no end, no end of, not a little, notably, parlous, plenty,
     powerfully, pretty much, quite, remarkably, so, so very much,
     strikingly, strongly, surpassingly, to the skies, tremendously,
     very, very much, warmly, well
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  highly adv. [scientific computation] The preferred modifier for
     overstating an understatement. As in: `highly nonoptimal', the worst
     possible way to do something; `highly nontrivial', either impossible or
     requiring a major research project; `highly nonlinear', completely
     erratic and unpredictable; `highly nontechnical', drivel written for
     {luser}s, oversimplified to the point of being misleading or incorrect
     (compare {drool-proof paper}). In other computing cultures, postfixing
     of {in the extreme} might be preferred.