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a
: high into the air
b
: to a high or exorbitant level or degree
lifted my spirit sky-high—
Elmer Morriss
Elmer Morriss2
: in an enthusiastic manner
3
: to bits : apart
blown sky-high
1
: excessively expensive : exorbitant
2
: extremely or excessively high
her blood pressure was sky-high
Examples of sky-high in a Sentence
Adverb
some reviewers had praised the movie sky-high, but we thought that it was just a so-so comedy
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
The statement from a Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson is an outright rejection of Trump’s claim in an interview with Time magazine last week that Xi had called him, as the world’s two largest economies remain locked in a dispute over sky-high trade levies.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023
The singer’s dress featured one very striking feature — a sky-high slit that extended to her upper thigh.
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Adverb
That set the stage for what felt like a game-sealing sequence in the fifth, when Teoscar Hernández followed Freeman’s leadoff walk with a sky-high two-run blast to left, making it 5-0 with his team-leading ninth long ball of the season and fourth in the last five games.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
The statement from a Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson is an outright rejection of Trump’s claim in an interview with Time magazine last week that Xi had called him, as the world’s two largest economies remain locked in a dispute over sky-high trade levies.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
His final Moschino collection, shown at Milan Fashion Week in February, was more subdued than past seasons, however, with models wearing skirt suits, knits, chunky gold jewelry and sky-high mohawks.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023
The singer’s dress featured one very striking feature — a sky-high slit that extended to her upper thigh.
—Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2023
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“Sky-high.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sky-high. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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