"highly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈhaɪli/ Audio: en-us-highly.ogg Forms: highlier [comparative], more highly [comparative], highliest [superlative], most highly [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪli Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hiȝly}} Middle English hiȝly, {{inh|en|ang|hēalīce||highly}} Old English hēalīce (“highly”), {{suffix|en|high|ly}} high + -ly, {{cog|nl|hoogelijk||highly}} Dutch hoogelijk (“highly”), {{cog|de|höchlich||highly}} German höchlich (“highly”), {{cog|da|højlig||highly}} Danish højlig (“highly”), {{cog|sv|högligen||highly}} Swedish högligen (“highly”) Head templates: {{en-adv|er|more}} highly (comparative highlier or more highly, superlative highliest or most highly)
  1. In a high or esteemed manner. Translations (in a high or esteemed manner): altament (Catalan), vysoko (Czech), kunnioittavasti (Finnish), ylistäen (Finnish), ylistävästi (Finnish), 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰 (hauhaba) (Gothic), kedvezően (Hungarian), elismerően (Hungarian), méltatással (Hungarian), dicsérőleg (Hungarian), wysoko (Polish), altamente (Portuguese), высоко́ (vysokó) (Russian), heichly (Scots), gu h-àrd (Scottish Gaelic), ви́соко (výsoko) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-highly-en-adv-X2sXzVmp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'in a high or esteemed manner': 100 0
  2. Extremely; greatly; very much. Translations (extremely, greatly, awfully): սաստիկ (sastik) (Armenian), xeyli (Azerbaijani), olduqca (Azerbaijani), много (mnogo) (Bulgarian), силно (silno) (Bulgarian), vysoko (Czech), hyvin (Finnish), extrêmement (French), sehr (German), extrem (German), nagyon (Hungarian), igen (Hungarian), rendkívül (Hungarian), nagymértékben (Hungarian), wysoko (Polish), altamente (Portuguese), высоко́ (vysokó) (Russian), heichly (Scots), gu h-àrd (Scottish Gaelic), altamente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-highly-en-adv-mjtqY7lF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly, English terms with collocations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scots translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms with collocations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Scots translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of 'extremely, greatly, awfully': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: highly composite number, highly-enriched uranium, highly sensitive person, highly-strung, highly superior autobiographical memory, superior highly composite number

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "German höchlich (“highly”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "højlig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "highly"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish højlig (“highly”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "högligen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "highly"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish högligen (“highly”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "highlier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more highly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "highliest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most highly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er",
        "2": "more"
      },
      "expansion": "highly (comparative highlier or more highly, superlative highliest or most highly)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He spoke highly of you.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a high or esteemed manner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "high",
          "high"
        ],
        [
          "esteem",
          "esteem"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He is in a highly visible job.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1952 March, R. K. Kirkland, “The Railways of Uxbridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 150:",
          "text": "There are those who value a seat sufficiently highly that they prefer to make their daily journeys by the Western Region Vine Street line.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:",
          "text": "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. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Extremely; greatly; very much."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Extremely",
          "extremely"
        ],
        [
          "greatly",
          "greatly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaɪli/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-highly.ogg",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪli"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "in a high or esteemed manner",
      "word": "altament"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in a high or esteemed manner",
      "word": "vysoko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a high or esteemed manner",
      "word": "kunnioittavasti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a high or esteemed manner",
      "word": "ylistäen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a high or esteemed manner",
      "word": "ylistävästi"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "hauhaba",
      "sense": "in a high or esteemed manner",
      "word": "𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in a high or esteemed manner",
      "word": "kedvezően"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in a high or esteemed manner",
      "word": "elismerően"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in a high or esteemed manner",
      "word": "méltatással"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in a high or esteemed manner",
      "word": "dicsérőleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in a high or esteemed manner",
      "word": "wysoko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in a high or esteemed manner",
      "word": "altamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vysokó",
      "sense": "in a high or esteemed manner",
      "word": "высоко́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "in a high or esteemed manner",
      "word": "heichly"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "in a high or esteemed manner",
      "word": "gu h-àrd"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výsoko",
      "sense": "in a high or esteemed manner",
      "word": "ви́соко"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "sastik",
      "sense": "extremely, greatly, awfully",
      "word": "սաստիկ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "extremely, greatly, awfully",
      "word": "xeyli"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "extremely, greatly, awfully",
      "word": "olduqca"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mnogo",
      "sense": "extremely, greatly, awfully",
      "word": "много"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "silno",
      "sense": "extremely, greatly, awfully",
      "word": "силно"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "extremely, greatly, awfully",
      "word": "vysoko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "extremely, greatly, awfully",
      "word": "hyvin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "extremely, greatly, awfully",
      "word": "extrêmement"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extremely, greatly, awfully",
      "word": "sehr"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extremely, greatly, awfully",
      "word": "extrem"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "extremely, greatly, awfully",
      "word": "nagyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "extremely, greatly, awfully",
      "word": "igen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "extremely, greatly, awfully",
      "word": "rendkívül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "extremely, greatly, awfully",
      "word": "nagymértékben"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "extremely, greatly, awfully",
      "word": "wysoko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "extremely, greatly, awfully",
      "word": "altamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vysokó",
      "sense": "extremely, greatly, awfully",
      "word": "высоко́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "extremely, greatly, awfully",
      "word": "heichly"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "extremely, greatly, awfully",
      "word": "gu h-àrd"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "extremely, greatly, awfully",
      "word": "altamente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "highly"
}

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