highly

4 definitions found

highly - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

highly - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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: highly, 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"

highly - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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 lusers,
     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.
  

highly - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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