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Synonyms & Antonyms for highly
Synonyms
achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly (also exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty, monstrous [chiefly dialect], mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, rattling, real, really, right, roaring, roaringly, seriously, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, very, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildly
Antonyms
little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat
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As is par for the course with other Kardahsian business ventures, the launch of Kim Kardashian West’s solutionswear line has been both highly anticipated and comes with its share of controversy. — Ana Colón, Glamour, "Everything We Know About Skims, Kim Kardashian's Solutionwear Line," 10 Sep. 2019 Revlon even makes a tint with a cushion applicator for easily achieving the highly sought-after blurred lip look. — Allure, "17 Long-Lasting Lip Tints and Lip Stains for People Who Aren’t Afraid of Commitment," 9 Sep. 2019 Still, the dolmen’s reappearance isn’t wholly positive: Per a Change.org petition calling for the monument’s preservation, the granite stones that dot the archaeological site are highly porous. — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, "Drought Reveals Dolmen of Guadalperal, Popularly Dubbed ‘Spanish Stonehenge’," 9 Sep. 2019 Rush hour can now be defined as the yawning 12-hour span between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., when anywhere from 17 percent to 66 percent of all roadways inside Route 128 are congested or highly congested on an average day. — Boston.com Real Estate, "Will transportation woes drive down home prices?," 4 Sep. 2019 The takeover has the opportunity to create a system of high-quality seats for students that are managed by highly functional organizations. — Kenneth Wong, BostonGlobe.com, "Kenneth Wong: Accountability and autonomy are key to turning around Providence schools," 3 Sep. 2019 However, while the company’s $150 X700 is good-looking and features a touchscreen interface, the video looks highly compressed, and GPS is available only as an external option. — Jon L. Jacobi, PCWorld, "Thinkware X700 dash cam review: Classy design with a few missing pieces," 2 Sep. 2019 Gupta anticipates his research will lead to the development of more effective treatments for children with highly aggressive tumors of bone and soft tissues. — Laura Garcia, ExpressNews.com, "Texas’ cancer-fighting agency invests millions in San Antonio research," 30 Aug. 2019 This is not the first time that highly qualified individuals have hankered after low-paying jobs in India. — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, "An IIT post-graduate has turned down high-paying jobs to become a railway track maintainer," 27 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'highly.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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