1
: the quality or state of being high
2
—used as a title for a person of exalted rank (such as a king or prince)
Examples of highness in a Sentence
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Before the end of World War II, imperial highnesses were in abundant supply.
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
The former royal highness will be too busy leading the Resistance, alongside Jonathan and his ragamuffin group of bandits, to fight off all of the Queen’s men.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
The former royal highness will be too busy leading the Resistance, alongside Jonathan and his ragamuffin group of bandits, to fight off all of the Queen’s men.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
People took cannabis and rated their own impairment before driving in a simulator, and most vastly underestimated their own highness.
—Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2025
They are no longer addressed as his or her royal highness.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
Your highness may believe that in all the world, there can be no better people.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2023
Enter Email Sign Up Take his royal highness Clarence Thomas.
—Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
The regal motif takes design cues from the 17th-century crown that will be bestowed upon his royal highness during the ceremony on May 6.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2023
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
The former royal highness will be too busy leading the Resistance, alongside Jonathan and his ragamuffin group of bandits, to fight off all of the Queen’s men.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
The former royal highness will be too busy leading the Resistance, alongside Jonathan and his ragamuffin group of bandits, to fight off all of the Queen’s men.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
People took cannabis and rated their own impairment before driving in a simulator, and most vastly underestimated their own highness.
—Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2025
They are no longer addressed as his or her royal highness.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
Your highness may believe that in all the world, there can be no better people.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2023
Enter Email Sign Up Take his royal highness Clarence Thomas.
—Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
The regal motif takes design cues from the 17th-century crown that will be bestowed upon his royal highness during the ceremony on May 6.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2023
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“Highness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/highness. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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highness
noun
high·ness
ˈhī-nəs 
1
: the quality or state of being high
2
—used as a title for persons (as a king or queen) of high rank
Your Royal Highness
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