'Highly' definitions:

Definition of 'highly'

adverb

To a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect; "highly successful"; "He spoke highly of her"; "does not think highly of his writing"; "extremely interesting" [syn: highly, extremely]

adverb

At a high rate or wage; "highly paid workers"

adverb

In a high position or level or rank; "details known by only a few highly placed persons"

Definition of 'Highly'

From: GCIDE

Highly \High"ly\, adv. In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'highly'

From: Moby Thesaurus

a deal,
a great deal,
a lot,
abundantly,
approvingly,
as all creation,
as all get-out,
authoritatively,
beaucoup,
considerable,
considerably,
decidedly,
effectively,
enthusiastically,
ever so,
ever so much,
exceedingly,
exceptionally,
extraordinarily,
extremely,
favorably,
galore,
greatly,
hugely,
immensely,
importantly,
in great measure,
incomparably,
influentially,
largely,
much,
muchly,
never so,
no end,
no end of,
not a little,
notably,
parlous,
plenty,
powerfully,
pretty much,
quite,
remarkably,
so,
so very much,
strikingly,
strongly,
surpassingly,
to the skies,
tremendously,
very,
very much,
warmly,
well

Words containing 'Highly'

High,
Highness,
On high,
The Most High,
high up,
Central High,
High Bridge,
High Church,
High Dutch,
High Falls,
High German,
High Hill,
High Mass,
High Point,
High Ridge,
High Shoals,
High Springs,
High Thought,
High admiral,
High altar,
High and dry,
High and low,
High and mighty,
High art,
High bailiff,
High constable,
High day,
High festival,
High five,
High jinks,
High latitude,
High life,
High liver,
High living,
High milling,
High noon,
High place,
High priest,
High relief,
High school,
High seas,
High steam,
High steel,
High steward,
High tea,
High tide,
High time,
High treason,
High water,
High wine,
In high and low,
To be in high feather,
To be on a high horse,
With a high hand,
fly high,
high anglicanism,
high bar,
high beam,
high brass,
high camp,
high chair,
high colonic,
high comedy,
high command,
high commission,
high commissioner,
high country,
high court,
high cranberry,
high dam,
high dudgeon,
high explosive,
high fashion,
high fidelity,
high finance,
high flown,
high flying,
high frequency,
high gear,
high ground,
high handed,
high hat,
high holiday,
high horse,
high jinx,
high jump,
high mallow,
high muckamuck,
high on the hog,
high pitch,
high pitched,
high powered,
high principled,
high profile,
high quality,
high renaissance,
high road,
high roller,
high sea,
high season,
high sierra,
high sign,
high society,
high sounding,
high spirited,
high spirits,
high spot,
high status,
high stepper,
high street,
high strung,
high style,
high table,
high tech,
high technology,
high temperature,
high test,
high wind,
high wire,
high-up,
highly infective,
highly sensitive,
highly strung,
in high spirits,
junior high,
knee high,
senior high,
very high frequency,
Breast-high,
Central High, OK,
High Bridge, NJ,
High Falls, NY,
High Hill, MO,
High Point, FL,
High Point, NC,
High Ridge, MO,
High Shoals, NC,
High Springs, FL,
High commission court,
High-blown,
High-bred,
High-built,
High-church,
High-churchism,
High-churchman,
High-colored,
High-embowed,
High-fed,
High-finished,
High-flown,
High-flushed,
High-go,
High-handed,
High-hearted,
High-heartedness,
High-hoe,
High-holder,
High-low,
High-mettled,
High-minded,
High-mindedness,
High-palmed,
High-pressure,
High-priesthood,
High-priestship,
High-principled,
High-proof,
High-raised,
High-reaching,
High-red,
High-seasoned,
High-sighted,
High-souled,
High-sounding,
High-spirited,
High-stepper,
High-stomached,
High-strung,
High-swelling,
High-toned,
High-top,
High-wrought,
Knee-high,
Lord high chancellor,
Lord high constable,
Lord high steward,
North High Shoals,
Sky-high,
aswan high dam,
extremely high frequency,
high anglican church,
high blood pressure,
high energy physics,
high holy day,
high water mark,
high-altitude,
high-and-mighty,
high-backed,
high-ceilinged,
high-class,
high-crowned,
high-energy,
high-fidelity,
high-five,
high-grade,
high-handedly,
high-handedness,
high-hole,
high-hoo,
high-interest,
high-keyed,
high-level,
high-mindedly,
high-necked,
high-octane,
high-octane high-powered high-power high-voltage,
high-performance,
high-pitched,
high-potential,
high-power,
high-powered,
high-priced,
high-ranking,
high-resolution,
high-rise,
high-risk,
high-speed,
high-spiritedness,
high-stepped,
high-stepping,
high-sudsing,
high-tail,
high-taper,
high-tech,
high-tension,
high-ticket,
high-topped,
high-velocity,
high-voltage,
high-water,
high-yield,
highly-developed,
highly-sexed,
hit the high spots,
junior high school,
middle high german,
old high german,
senior high school,
waist-high,
High low jack and the game,
High-churchman-ship,
High-energy physics,
High-pressure engine,
High-pressure steam,
High-water mark,
High-water shrub,
Lord high chancellor of England,
Lord high treasurer of England,
North High Shoals, GA,
come hell or high water,
high fidelity sound system,
high-angle fire,
high-angle gun,
high-area storm,
high-bush blueberry,
high-definition television,
high-density lipoprotein,
high-hat cymbal,
high-level formatting,
high-level language,
high-low-jack,
high-muck-a-muck,
high-pass filter,
high-protein diet,
high-speed steel,
high-strength brass,
high-vitamin diet,
high-warp loom,
high-yield bond,
high-zone tolerance,
highly active antiretroviral therapy,
mile-high city,
high-level radioactive waste,
high-resolution mass spectrometer,
To hang the flag half-mast high,
army high performance computing research center