1
as in extremely
to a great degree
though she didn't win, she was highly satisfied with her personal results for the marathon
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as in greatly
to a large extent or degree
that is highly different from your first idea for a family vacation
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Recent Examples of highly
As in her first novel, the highly inventive and fun Swamplandia!, her prose is just dense and unusual enough to insist on being read slowly.
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Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025
When Noor Hasan was a teen shopper, she was highly influenced by trends and bought a lot of cheap clothes from fast-fashion brands.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Both can shoot 10-bit 4K video at 60 frames per second (fps) (or 120 fps for slow-motion playback), with the larger wide-angle sensor also offering an impressive 14 stops of dynamic range and highly impressive low-light capabilities.
—Sam Kieldsen, Wired News, 27 June 2025
However, questions remained as to whether the highly enriched uranium that Iran would need to develop a nuclear weapon was at the site at the time.
—Arkansas Online, 27 June 2025
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Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025
When Noor Hasan was a teen shopper, she was highly influenced by trends and bought a lot of cheap clothes from fast-fashion brands.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Both can shoot 10-bit 4K video at 60 frames per second (fps) (or 120 fps for slow-motion playback), with the larger wide-angle sensor also offering an impressive 14 stops of dynamic range and highly impressive low-light capabilities.
—Sam Kieldsen, Wired News, 27 June 2025
However, questions remained as to whether the highly enriched uranium that Iran would need to develop a nuclear weapon was at the site at the time.
—Arkansas Online, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for highly
Adverb
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Now the men in pink can make a shock escape from this extremely tight group.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Humor is an extremely useful and common coping strategy that can help some process such a heavy and traumatic event, according to Marni Amsellem, a licensed psychologist.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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And the much higher pay of senior captains – plus the handsome compensation earned by mid-career pilots – greatly narrows that pay gap.—
Dan Reed,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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While some greatly surpassed that target — such as Poland, Estonia, the U.S., Latvia and Greece — major economies including Canada, Spain and Italy have lagged below the contribution threshold.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
24 June 2025
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The company’s operations were enormous and very interesting.—
Nash Buckingham,
Outdoor Life,
19 June 2025
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According to Ballerini, Kahan said yes at the very last minute.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
19 June 2025
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The second half display utterly knocked the belief out of Juventus.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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The spa decor is modern and luxurious, and everything on offer is designed to be utterly relaxing.—
Rona Berg,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Both Marlins righties are incredibly talented and expected to be available at the trade deadline.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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Victor is incredibly easy to talk to, and on a wide array of subjects, so chatting about Olga soon led to talking about their own cat (Clyde) and this writer’s pair of tuxedos (Felix and Oscar) and their various adventures with in-house vermin (mostly bad).—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
25 June 2025
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After its last attempt to take down the Autobots goes terribly awry, he’s booted out of the Decepticons forever.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
12 June 2025
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As events would soon make clear, that assumption was terribly misguided.—
Vali Nasr,
Foreign Affairs,
10 June 2025
Adverb
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Trump has lauded Israel's strikes and previously warned of much worse to come unless Iran quickly accepts the sharp downgrading of its nuclear program the U.S. has demanded in talks that had been due to resume on June 15.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA Today,
16 June 2025
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The calls didn’t last much longer than five minutes.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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Conservatives counter the state’s debt is still too high and that any deviation from savings practices is a road to fiscal chaos.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2025
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Then starting guard Jon Runyan Jr. went down, too, and Runyan is only now stepping into team drills coming off what is believed to be surgery for a separated shoulder.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
17 June 2025
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“Highly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highly. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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