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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
If the title of this documentary isn't enough to sell you on it, the highly entertaining story therein surely will.
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Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 13 June 2026
Medina has been making those kinds of plays his whole career — all the while guiding a highly successful pitching staff.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
Expectations will be immense and every performance highly scrutinized.
—Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Armed men snatched a highly respected security expert earlier this week in one of the few places in the capital city of Haiti to be considered relatively safe.
—CBS News, 13 June 2026
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Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 13 June 2026
Medina has been making those kinds of plays his whole career — all the while guiding a highly successful pitching staff.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
Expectations will be immense and every performance highly scrutinized.
—Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Armed men snatched a highly respected security expert earlier this week in one of the few places in the capital city of Haiti to be considered relatively safe.
—CBS News, 13 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for highly
Adverb
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According to Outword Magazine Fred Palmer, the owner of Scott’s, Alan Irvine, is extremely gay supportive and has hosted numerous events for both Outword and the Rainbow Chamber of Commerce (see below).—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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The whole episode is a reminder to product designers everywhere that users can be extremely sensitive to the seemingly smallest changes — and Spotify clearly had not anticipated that a teeny-tiny disco ball drop would prove to be unpopular.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
12 June 2026
Adverb
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Argentina fans greatly outnumbered Algerian fans at this one.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
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About half a mile from the FIFA Fan Festival at Lemon Hill, The Black Taxi has greatly benefited from the tournament's arrival.—
Dan Snyder,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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The fans have been amazing, very loud and cheered us on.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
14 June 2026
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But Roberts figures to have two other very worthy options.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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This proposal is utterly unacceptable.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 June 2026
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That will be their response made utterly weak by the fact these haters live here and don't show any signs of wanting to leave.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
Adverb
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Sinks on the vanity have slanted, green marble angles giving them a trendy look, and the faucet’s water spray is equivalent to a drenching rainfall shower (wide, strong, and incredibly impressive).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
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This combination of technological capability and human ingenuity is incredibly powerful.—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
16 June 2026
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Sources interviewed for this story said that broadly speaking, prices remain high for contemporary works, despite the fact that comparable works can often be found for considerably less at auction.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
15 June 2026
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For most first ladies, the barrage softens or dissipates considerably after their husband leaves his tenure as commander in chief.—
Jennifer Hassan,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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Excluding the special cases of meteor showers, a viewer on the ground will see only about five or so sporadic meteors per hour on average, which isn’t terribly many.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
12 June 2026
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For someone living with borderline personality disorder (BPD), that same silence can feel like evidence that something is terribly wrong.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
11 June 2026
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Chuck Jacobs, Kohelet congregation president CBS Although much different from our first visit back in February, the view from Kohelet, which backs up to what's left of the apartment complex, is still a reminder of the largest fire in Denver in three decades.—
Chierstin Roth,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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An Ossoff loss would create a much tougher map for the party to flip control of the Senate, in which Republicans currently hold a 53-47 edge.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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“Highly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highly. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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