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highly (iou)



highly adverb. OE.
[from HIGH adjective + -LY2.]
In a high place; on high. Long rare or obsolete. OE.
In or to a high rank. Now rare. OE.
G. Mackenzie She is one of the Heads and highly situate.
In or to a high degree, amount, or extent; greatly, extremely; at a high price or rate. Formerly also, loudly. OE.
highly strung adjective very sensitive or nervous.
E. Bowen These two showed how highly they rated their fortune. M. Amsterdam A highly-publicized Hollywood 'sex-pot' was stopping at a New York hotel. K. Vonnegut He was highly literate, well read, and the author of various pamphlets. M. Drabble Eating..was to be a highly fashionable occupation, in the early 1980s.
b. To a high degree of artistic quality; elaborately. E18.
W. Paley The hinges in the wings of an earwig..are as highly wrought as if the Creator had nothing else to finish.
With high approval; favourably, honourably. ME.
E. Waugh D'you read his paper?..It's highly thought of. G. Winokur He was..highly regarded and famous.
With stateliness, solemnly; proudly, angrily. Formerly also, seriously, earnestly. Now rare or obsolete. ME.