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Definition: Highly |
HighlyAdverb1. 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". 2. At a high rate or wage; "highly paid workers". 3. In a high position or level or rank; "details known by only a few highly placed persons". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "highly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Highly adv. [scientific computation] The preferred modifier for overstating an understatement. As in: `highly nonoptimal', the worst possible way to do something; `highly nontrivial', either impossible or requiring a major research project; `highly nonlinear', completely erratic and unpredictable; `highly nontechnical', drivel written for lusers, oversimplified to the point of being misleading or incorrect (compare drool-proof paper). In other computing cultures, postfixing of in the extreme might be preferred. Source: Jargon File. |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| HIC | English | Highly indebted middle income country | N/A |
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Synonym: HighlySynonym: extremely (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Approbation | Verb: approve; approbate, think good, think much of, think well of, think highly of; esteem, value, prize; set great store by, set great store on. |
Commend, belaud, praise, laud, compliment; pay a tribute, bepraise; clap the hands; applaud, cheer, acclamate, encore; panegyrize, eulogize, cry up, proner, puff; extol, extol to the skies; magnify, glorify, exalt, swell, make much of; flatter; bless, give a blessing to; have a good word for, say a good word for; speak well of, speak highly of, speak in high terms of; sing the praises of, sound the praises of, chaunt the praises of; resound the praises of; sing praises to; cheer to the echo, applaud to the echo, applaud to the very echo, cheer to the very echo. | |
Completion | Done, completed; Verb: done for, sped, wrought out; highly wrought; (preparation); thorough; ripe; (ready). |
Exaggeration | Heighten, overcolor; color highly, color too highly; broder; flourish; color; (misrepresent); puff; (boast). |
Nobility | Adjective: noble, exalted; of rank; Noun: princely, patrician, aristocratic; high-, well-born; of gentle blood; genteel, comme il faut, gentlemanlike, courtly; (fashionable); highly respectable. |
Overestimation | Verb: overestimate, overrate, overvalue, overprize, overweigh, overreckon, overstrain, overpraise; eulogize; estimate too highly, attach too much importance to, make mountains of molehills, catch at straws; strain, magnify; exaggerate; set too high a value upon; think much of, make much of, think too much of, make too much of; outreckon; panegyrize. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Highly |
| English words defined with "highly": highly infective, highly sensitive. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "highly": Appreciate highly ♦ highly alloyed steels, Highly erodible land, highly flammable ♦ Investigation of performance achievable with highly concurrent interpretations of functional programs. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "highly": Overhold. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You know, she came so highly recommended (Big; writing credit: Gary Ross; Anne Spielberg) He's a highly qualified doctor (Manhattan; writing credit: Woody Allen ; Marshall Brickman) I'm highly attracted to you. Why, when I look at you I feel wee tadpoles jumping in my spine (Brigadoon; writing credit: Alan Jay Lerner) I won it as a door prize at a Star Trek convention, although I find their choice of prize highly illogical, as the average Trekker has no need of a medium-size belt (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) You know, I'm a highly trained, decorated field agent, Eberts (The Invisible Man; writing credit: Craig Silverstein; Jonathan Glassner) | |
Lyrics | Thought of highly (More Than A Woman; performing artist: Aaliyah) | |
Clever | Being right is highly overrated. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. (references; author: unknown) Sleeping on the job: This is one of the seven habits of highly effective people! (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Highly Dangerous (1950) | |
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 | Test chemicals from all sources are prepared in a series of dilutions, and the assay procedures are carried out by the technical staff. Robots, as seen in the photo, are used to perform some of the more routine and highly repetitious chores. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | These are slides of PET scans of a malignant brain tumor. This PET scan depicts a highly malignant brain tumor. It appears red because the tumor uses more glucose than the normal brain. See artwork: GA-17. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Vaccinia vaccine is a highly effective immunizing agent that brought about the global eradication of smallpox. Because the smallpox vaccine is "live", you can spread it to other people, as well as to other parts of one's own body. Credit: CDC. |  | H. ducreyi causes Chancroid, a highly contagious sexually transmitted disease that begins with the formation of painful open sores on the genitals. Credit: CDC. |
 | NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has provided an unprecedented, detailed view of highly energetic ... Credit: NASA. |  | A mine opening, adit. Note the highly contaminated acidic mine drainage coming from the left. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Three-dimensional image of Monterey Canyon, termed a "gully" in this image. This image is the first attempt to depict a 3-dimensional view of a submarine canyon and incorporated soundings from the Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Fish Commission. This highly simplistic view was constructed from relatively sparse soundings and does not capture the complexity of the canyon system. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 33. Meyer slow registering thermometer invented by Dr. Adolph Meyer and first used on the POMMERANIA in 1871 and then by various German scientific studies. It was used down to 50 meters but would stay submerged for about an hour to register the proper temperature because it was highly insulated. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | A North Pacific extratropical cyclone as seen from TIROS VIII, pass 764/762, camera I, frame 13. The easternmost cloud band suggests frontal clouds, the center band with transverse elements appears to be associated with the jet stream, while the westernmost thin band is highly unusual. Picture of the Month , "Monthly Weather Review," May 1964. Credit: NOAA in Space. |  | Hurricane Alma off the west coast of Florida. Highly reflective water off west coast indicated by arrow. Probably caused by coastal waters being agitated by hurricane. NIMBUS II, pass 338, APT. From Picture of the Month, "Monthly Weather Review," August 1966. Credit: NOAA in Space. |
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| "Highly Exposed" by Slivester Chua Commentary: "A photo taken under high exposure status." |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Highly expressive modulating excerpt featuring a lot of arpeggios. | | A blues highly influenced by the country styles of the rural U.S. |
| Highly contrapuntal work for piano. | | Highly energetic rhythm and melody typical of a morning television show. |
| Highly active spacy texture with staccato melody and a pitch bend. | | A highly arpeggiated example reminiscent of a Schubert style composition. |
| Highly digital and reverb excerpt with bass, hand clapping, keyboard, strings, and flying sounds. | | Highly syncopated modern jazz piece with lots of percussion and a trumpet solo. |
| An energetic and highly synthesized excerpt with steel guitar and percussion. . | | Soprano saxophone solo in a highly rhythmic contemporary jazz excerpt. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Baruch (Benedict de) Spinoza | Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself. |
Daniel Webster | Heaven's gates are not so highly arched as princes' palaces; they that enter there must go upon their knees. |
Hector Hugh Munro | He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks. |
Laurence J. Peter | Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them. |
Sir Isaac Newton | If I am anything, which I highly doubt, I have made myself so by hard work. |
William Hazlitt | The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | This I am sure, whoever, either ruler or subject, by force goes about to invade the rights of either prince or people, and lays the foundation for overturning the constitution and frame of any just government, is highly guilty of the greatest crime, I think, a man is capable of, being to answer for all those mischiefs of blood, rapine, and desolation, which the breaking to pieces of governments bring on a country. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Abraham Lincoln | 1863 | It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. (The Gettysburg Address) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | It was, indeed, a highly prized letter |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It was highly spiced with jests, in which the names of the Virgin and the child Jesus were often heard |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I stayed three months in this country out of perfect obedience to his Majesty, who was pleased highly to favor me, and made me very honorable offers |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Nicotine is highly addictive. (references) | |
Treatment is highly individualized. (references) | ||
Thus, CHF remains a highly lethal condition. (references) | ||
Business | Imports of medical devices are highly regulated. (references) | |
France is a highly accessible market to imports. (references) | ||
The Chinese automotive industry is highly fragmented. (references) | ||
Children | Bulgaria | A social milieu that often does not highly value formal education also is a contributing factor. (references) |
Afghanistan | An UNICEF study reported that the majority of children is highly traumatized and expect to die before reaching adulthood. (references) | |
Bulgaria | NGO monitors further allege that even food budgets are highly deficient, with many institutions dependent on the uneven flow of private donations to feed their charges. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Colombia | Media ownership remains highly concentrated. (references) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Local radio stations broadcast in Croat-majority areas, but they usually are highly nationalistic. (references) | |
Equatorial Guinea | Its editorials, like those of most of the Spanish media, frequently are highly critical of the Government. (references) | |
Economic History | Vietnam | U.S. firms are highly regarded. (references) |
Germany | This proposal is highly controversial. (references) | |
Ethiopia | Ethiopia's population is highly diverse. (references) | |
Human Rights | Belarus | Zakharenko was highly popular among Ministry of Interior personnel. (references) |
Colombia | Some of those who escaped during the year were highly dangerous criminals. (references) | |
Botswana | Detention without bail is highly unusual, except in murder cases, where it is mandated. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Venezuela | In Bolivar state, the Pemon indigenous people remain highly skeptical of the Government's willingness and ability to comply with its pledges related to the completion of power lines through the Canaima National Park. (references) |
Minorities | Fiji | Control of the land remains a highly sensitive issue. (references) |
India | It delineates clear social strata, assigning highly structured religious, cultural, and social roles to each caste and subcaste. (references) | |
Political Economy | Cote D'ivoire | The political system is highly centralized. (references) |
INDIA | Entry of foreign banks remains highly regulated. (references) | |
Senegal | The courts have generally been highly labor-friendly. (references) | |
Political Rights | Tajikistan | President Rahmonov's highly centralized People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan controls an overwhelming majority of seats in both houses of Parliament. (references) |
Swaziland | Opposition political groupings remained highly critical of the entire electoral process, due to the continuing formal ban on organized political party activity. (references) | |
Singapore | The PAP has an extensive grassroots system and a carefully selected, highly disciplined membership, including M.P.'s who maintain close contact with their constituents and who deliver effective government services. (references) | |
Trade | Burma | The financial sector in Burma is highly undeveloped. (references) |
India | The private banks are highly automated and offer quality client service. (references) | |
Philippines | The equities market is thin, highly concentrated, and prone to volatility. (references) | |
Travel | Denmark | Telecommunication services are highly developed. (references) |
Peru | More reliable radio-dispatched taxis are highly recommended. (references) | |
Egypt | The Egyptian market is a complex and highly competitive one. (references) | |
Women | Bolivia | Rape is also a serious problem that is highly underreported. (references) |
Australia | There are highly organized and effective private and public women's rights organizations at the federal, state, and local levels. (references) | |
Grenada | Women frequently earn less than men performing the same work; such wage differences are less marked for the more highly paid jobs. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Oman | However, highly skilled foreign workers are well-paid. (references) |
Sri Lanka | Public sector employees are unionized at very high rates and are highly politicized. (references) | |
Burma | Working children are highly visible in cities, mostly working for small or family enterprises. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | PIE, n. An advance agent of the reaper whose name is Indigestion. Cold pie was highly esteemed by the remains. Rev. Dr. Mucker (in a funeral sermon over a British nobleman) Cold pie is a detestable American comestible. That's why I'm done -- or undone -- So far from that dear London. (from the headstone of a British nobleman in Kalamazoo) |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Kevin Kline | I went to both, actually, and I was frankly surprised not unlike the character who is sort of a Don Quixote kind of highly idealistic moralist who is from another period in time. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Another matter highly worthy of attention, is, that other Rules and Regulation's may be adopted for the Government of the Army than those now in existence, otherwise the Army, but for the name, might as well be disbanded. |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | But besides a protection of our commerce on the seas, I think it highly necessary to protect it at home, where it is collected in our most important ports. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | To a thriving agriculture and the improvements related to it is added a highly interesting extension of useful manufactures, the combined product of professional occupations and of household industry. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Uniformity in the demand and price of an article is highly desirable to the domestic manufacturer. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | A report from the Postmaster General is likewise communicated, presenting in a highly satisfactory manner the result of a vigorous, efficient, and economical administration of that Department. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | For a detailed and highly satisfactory view of the operations of the War Department I refer you to the accompanying report of the Secretary of War. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | In this age of cooperation and in our highly organized economy the problems of one very soon become the problems of all. |
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| "Highly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.78% of the time. "Highly" is used about 9,142 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 99.78% | 9,122 | 1,045 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.22% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9,142 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| China | Shanghai Highly Group Co., Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "highly": be thought highly of ♦ color too highly ♦ deem highly of ♦ he is highly regarded ♦ highly active antiretroviral therapy ♦ highly alloyed steels ♦ highly amusing ♦ highly capitalised ♦ highly confidential ♦ highly constrained KBS ♦ highly constrained knowledge based system ♦ highly developed ♦ highly developed urban area ♦ highly elegant ♦ highly flammable ♦ highly gifted ♦ highly infective ♦ highly inflammable ♦ highly inflectional ♦ highly inteesting ♦ highly interesting ♦ highly nutritious ♦ highly paid ♦ highly placed ♦ highly radioactive ♦ highly regarded ♦ highly respectable ♦ highly satisfactory ♦ highly seasoned ♦ highly sensitive ♦ highly sensitive object ♦ highly sophisticated technology ♦ highly strung ♦ highly wrought ♦ Investigation of performance achievable with highly concurrent interpretations of functional programs ♦ it is highly probable ♦ praise highly ♦ regard highly ♦ regard him highly ♦ respect highly ♦ speak highly of smb. ♦ think highly of. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "highly": highly-acclaimed, highly-accurate, highly-active, highly-appropriate, highly-athletic, highly-born, highly-carved, highly-centralised, highly-centralized, highly-charged, highly-cited, highly-colored, highly-coloured, highly-competitive, highly-concentrated, highly-contaminated, highly-creditable, highly-critical, highly-decorated, highly-detailed, highly-developed, highly-disciplined, highly-disturbed, highly-educated, highly-efficient, highly-evolved, highly-excited, highly-experienced, highly-explosive, highly-fancied, highly-finned, highly-focused, highly-fragmented, highly-geared, highly-gifted, highly-honoured, highly-indebted, highly-inflammable, highly-influential, highly-integrated, highly-leveraged, highly-mechanised, highly-misleading, highly-motivated, highly-optimistic, highly-ordered, highly-organised, highly-original, highly-ornate, highly-paid, highly-parallel, highly-penetrating, highly-perfumed, highly-personalised, highly-persuasive, highly-placed, highly-polished, highly-praised, highly-prescriptive, highly-pressured, highly-priced, highly-principled, highly-prized, highly-productive, highly-professional, highly-profitable, highly-publicised, highly-publicized, highly-purified, highly-qualified, highly-radioactive, highly-ranked, highly-rated, highly-reactive, highly-readable, highly-recommended, highly-refined, highly-regarded, highly-respected, highly-schooled, highly-secret, highly-sensitive, highly-sexed, highly-sexy, highly-skilled, highly-sophisticated, highly-specialised, highly-specialist, highly-specified, highly-spiced, highly-sprung, highly-standardised, highly-stratified, highly-strung, highly-successful, highly-symbolic, highly-talented, highly-traditional, highly-trained, highly-valued, highly-variable, highly-viscous, highly-visible. | |
Containing "highly": equally-highly-charged. | |
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| Language | Translations for "highly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | tepër (beastly, confoundedly, damnably, dearly, excessively, extremely, frightfully, greatly, most, overly, overmuch, overwhelmingly, parlous, passing, pathetically, precious, so, too, too much, unduly, very), shumë mirë (capitally, fine, primely), shumë (amount, awful, awfully, badly, confoundedly, considerably, consumedly, damnably, dearly, deep, deuced, devilish, ever so, far, far and away, good few, greatly, heap, heartily, jolly, largely, like mad, lot, lots of, lump, many, million, most, much, no end of, not a few, notedly, number, oodles, passing, passingly, Peck, poly-, precious, price, proceeds, quantum, quite, really, remarkably, scrip, so, sorely, sum, summation, thumping, too, tot, total, totality, umpteen, vastly, very, very much, widely), së tepërmi (at excess, exceedingly, excessively, extra, to a large degree, widely), me nderim, me konsideratë, me çmim të lartë. (various references) | |
Arabic | ممتعة (sensuousness), على نحو مبالغ فيه, جدا (considerably, enormously, exceedingly, extremely, greatly, immensely, much, quite, so, tremendously, very, very much indeed), بمرتب عالى, بقوة (hardly, heatedly, mightily, narrowly, pithily, robustly, square, strongly, substantially), بسعادة (happily), بإرتفاع مبالغ. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | силно (audibly, fast, hard, heavily, high, loud, loudly, mightily, slap, slap bang, sorely, strongly, thick, vigorously), крайно (extremely, intolerable, miserably, passing, sopping, terribly, to death, ultra-, unco, unmercifully, unusually, utterly), високо (aloft, aloud, high, loftily, loud, loudly, out, sharp), много (almighty, amain, awfully, bally, deep, dozens, ever so, good deal, great deal, greatly, heartily, high, hundreds, immensely, jolly, loads of, lot, lots of, many, mint, much, nice and, only too, passing, plenty, power, quantities, quantity, real, right, sight, simply, sopping, sorely, terrifically, thumping, to a large degree, to death, unco, unusually, vastly, very, very many, very much indeed), благоприятно (favorably, favourably). (various references) | |
Chinese | 高度 (height, high degree, highness, very). (various references) | |
Czech | vysoce, nesmírnì (exceedingly, extremely, far, grossly, hugely, immensely, overwhelmingly, vastly). (various references) | |
Danish | stærkt gældsplaget mellemindkomstland (heavily indebted middle income country(HIC), severely indebted middle-income country, SIMIC). (various references) | |
Dutch | land met gemiddelde inkomsten en diep in de schulden (heavily indebted middle income country(HIC)). (various references) | |
Finnish | ylen (exceedingly, extremely, very), voimakkaasti velkaongelmainen keskituloinen maa (heavily indebted middle income country(HIC)), suuresti (considerably, greatly, much). (various references) | |
French | hautement, très, pays à revenu intermédiaire fortement endetté, fortement, fort, extrêmement. (various references) | |
German | hoch (advanced, big, cheer, dear, deeply, distinguished, elevated, exalted, extensive, great, heavily, heavy, high, high pitched, high ranking, important, large, loftily, lofty, long, noble, quality, severe, short, superior, tall, to the power of, trebly, up). (various references) | |
Greek | μεγαλόπρεπα (majestically), υψηλώσ (loftily), υψηλά, ψηλά (aloft, high). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מאוד (extremely, greatly, much, quite, so, sorely, stiff, super, surpassingly, very), במדה רבה (by a long chalk, far, much, to a large degree, widely), בשבחו, בכבוד (sincerely). (various references) | |
Hungarian | roppant (howling, huge, immense), nagyon (badly, bally, bloody, covetous, ever so much, exceedingly, greatly, have one's nerves on edge, heavily, immensely, jolly, jolly well, like hell, like mad, mightily, most, much, much to be desired, passing, pretty, quite, real, right, severely, sorely, thundering, to be broke for sg, to be down with a cold, to be in a fine way about sg, to be rejoiced at sg, to be rejoiced by sg, to feel used up, to get to look very slack, to take pains to do sg, to think the world of sy, to want sg badly, too, very, very much, very much indeed, wondrous), magasan (high, loftily). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kesengsem (engrossed in, highly attracted to something), azam (highly respected, intention), ahli (ace, connoisseur, expert, highly competent, profession, skilled, specialist). (various references) | |
Italian | paese con livello di reddito medio,sovrindebitato (heavily indebted middle income country(HIC)), molto (a great deal of, a great many, a great quantity of, a lot of, deep, extremely, far, far off, great, greatly, hard, heavily, jolly, long, lots of, many, mighty, much, plenty, pretty, quite, sight, sorely, strongly, very, very much, widely), estremamente (extremely, mighty, most), elevato (elevated, high, lofty, sharp, shrill, sublime, tall), assai (a lot of, enough, extremely, far, far away, heartily, heavily, many, much, quite, very, very much), altamente. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 中々 (by no means, considerably, easily, fairly, quite, rather, readily, very), 中中 (by no means, considerably, easily, fairly, quite, rather, readily, very). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | なかなか (by no means, considerably, easily, fairly, quite, rather, readily, very). (various references) | |
Korean | 높게. (various references) | |
Manx | naeragagh (highly strung). (various references) | |
Norwegian | høyt, i høy grad (greatly). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ighlyhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | muito bem (fine, very good, very well), muito (a good deal, a great deal of, a lot, a lot of, awfully, deadly, exceedingly, greatly, jolly, mighty, much, passing, plaguy, plenty, precious, quite, rare, ripping, sight, so, too, too much, very, very much), grandemente (greatly, grossly, high, largely, much), altamente (high). (various references) | |
Romanian | gros (abundantly, big, blubber, bulk, bulky, coarse, compact, densely, gross, podgy, quod, stiff, stout, thick, voluminous), foarte (awfully, ever so, exceedingly, greatly, immortally, indeed, jolly, most, much, notably, plenty, quite, too, very, very much), extrem de (awfully, exceedingly, indeed, inestimably, most, painfully, particularly, to a high degree, utterly), bogat (abundant, abundantly, affluent, ample, amply, bonanza, bountiful, copious, copiously, expensive, exuberant, fat, feathered, fertile, fortuned, free, full, fully, gaudy, heeled, high, lush, luxurious, moneyed, opulent, pecunious, plenteous, plentiful, profuse, purple, rank, redundant, rich, richly, saturated, Square, substantial, sumptuous, valuable, warm, wealthy, well off, well to do, well-off). (various references) | |
Russian | очень (anxiously, awful, awfully, badly, damnably, dooms, enormously, ever so, exceedingly, extremely, greatly, hugely, immensely, jolly, miserably, most, much, overwhelmingly, particularly, passing, pretty much, quite, real, screamingly, so, thumping, to a degree, too, vastly, very, very much, very much indeed, well). (various references) | |
Scottish | sòlach (highly delighted). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | visoko (aloft, high-up), veoma (badly, downright, greatly, mighty, most, passing, plumb, real, right, terribly, vastly, very). (various references) | |
Spanish | sumamente (bloody, exceedingly, extremely, hegemonic, high, highest, most, passing, uncommon), país de ingresos medianos muy, fuertemente endeudado (heavily indebted middle income country(HIC)), muy bien (fine, hear, o.k., ok, okay, okey, okeydokey, that's the spirit, very good, very well, well done), muy (all over, awfully, greatly, hellish, jolly, mighty, nice, precious, proper, quite, rattling, sorely, too, very, very much), elevada (high, sharp, shrill, tall). (various references) | |
Swedish | starkt (grossly, poignantly, strong, strongly). (various references) | |
Turkish | son derece (all-fired, almighty, arrant, awfully, beyond measure, cruelly, damn, damned, darned, deadly, deeply, desperately, dire, direful, exceedingly, exceptionally, extreme, extremely, extremity, immensely, in the extreme, in the highest degree, infinitely, intense, intensely, jolly, last, out and out, rattling, revoltingly, sadly, strongly, sublime, terribly, thundering, to the nth degree, to the utmost, unco, utmost, uttermost, veriest, with a vengeance), büyük ölçüde (in large, on a large scale, pretty much), çok iyi (alpha plus, bang up, banner, bully, celestial, cool, elegant, great, hell of, jolly good, nicely, no mean, roaring, some, that's cool, thumbs up, two thumbs up, very good, very well), çok (a great number of, a lot, a whale of, a whale of a lot, abounding, abundant, acres and acres, affluent, ample, awfully, badly, big, bloody, countless, damned, darned, dead, deadly, deeply, enormously, ever so, exuberant, fair, fantastically, galore, good, greatly, heaps of, heartily, hearty, heavily, heavy, hell, hell of, helluva, innumerable, jolly, largely, lavish, like hell, loads of, lot, lots of, many, molto, more, much, multi-, multitudinous, numerous, over, piping, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, plenty of, poly-, precious, pretty, prodigal, profuse, rank, rattling, revoltingly, sadly, so, some, sorely, spanking, strongly, such, thundering, tidy, too, umpteen, umpteenth, umptieth, vast, vastly, very, well, whaling, whopping). (various references) | |
Turkmen | taryp etmek (speak highly). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сприятливо (auspiciously, fairly, kindly, opportunely), високо (high), надзвичайно (almighty, amain, anxiously, as anything, awfully, deadly, densely, dreadfully, eminently, enormously, exceedingly, extremely, grossly, hugely, in great measure, in the extreme, jolly, mighty, most, passing, regular, remarkably, ripping, sevenfold, severely, to the utmost, very much, woundily), дуже (anxiously, awfully, bang, bitter, bloody, clinking, curiously, deep, enormously, exceedingly, frightfully, full, gey, greatly, hard, heaps, hugely, immensely, in great measure, jolly, mightily, mighty, miles, much, nervously, notably, particularly, passing, precious, purely, real, really, shocking, some, strong, super, thumping, too, very, very much, violently, well, widely). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | hết sức (all-fired, blooming, deadly, dogged, enourmously, extremely, fault, frightfuly, grossly, half, halves, handle, howling, hugely, immortally, jolly, mightily, mighty, out, precious, profound, sorely, thoroughly, thundering, unco), rất (dogged, immensely, mightily, mighty, thoroughly, thundering, very), lắm (clinking, dogged, ever, gey, jolly, lousy, mighty, precious, preciously, very), cao; với ý tôn trọng, ở mức độ cao tốt. (various references) | |
Welsh | gorliwio (colortoo highly, exaggerate). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5, Verse 13 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai hgeisqai autouV uper ekperissou en agaph dia to ergon autwn eirhneuete en eautoiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ut habeatis illos abundantius in caritate propter opus illorum pacem habete cum eis |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Lufiað hie mid heahstre are for hierum weorce. Libbað on friðe be eow. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | That ye han hem more aboundantli in charyte; and for the werk of hem, haue ye pees with hem. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And geve you exhortacion that ye have them the more in love for their workes sake and be at peace with them. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And have a high opinion of them in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5, Verse 13 |
| Cebuano | ug uban sa gugma pakamahala ninyo sila pag-ayo tungod sa ilang buhat. Magdinaitay kamo tali sa inyong kaugalingon. |
| Croatian | s ljubavlju ih nadasve cijenite poradi njihova djela! Gajite mir meðu sobom! |
| Danish | og agte dem højlig i Kærlighed for deres Gernings Skyld. Holder Fred med hverandre! |
| Dutch | En acht hen zeer veel in liefde, om huns werks wil. Zijt vreedzaam onder elkander. |
| Finnish | sekä pitämään heitä erinomaisen rakkaina heidän työnsä tähden. Eläkää rauhassa keskenänne. |
| French | Ayez pour eux beaucoup d`affection, à cause de leur oeuvre. Soyez en paix entre vous. |
| German | habt sie desto lieber um ihres Werks willen und seid friedsam mit ihnen. |
| Hungarian | És az õ munkájokért viseltessetek irántok megkülönböztetett szeretettel. Egymással békességben éljetek. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Perlakukanlah mereka dengan sehormat-hormatnya dan dengan cinta kasih karena mengingat apa yang mereka lakukan. Hiduplah selalu dengan rukun. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dan hendaklah kamu mengindahkan mereka itu teramat sangat dengan kasih oleh sebab kerjanya. Berdamailah di antara sama sendirimu. |
| Italian | trattateli con molto rispetto e carità, a motivo del loro lavoro. Vivete in pace tra voi. |
| Korean | 저 의 역 사 로 말 미 암 아 사 랑 안 에 서 가 장 귀 히 여 기 며 너 희 끼 리 화 목 하 라 |
| Maori | Kia nui whakaharahara ano o koutou whakaaro ki a ratou i runga i te aroha, me whakaaro ki ta ratou mahi. Kia mau ta koutou rongo ki a koutou ano. |
| Norwegian | og at I holder dem overmåte høit i kjærlighet for deres gjernings skyld. Hold fred med hverandre! |
| Rumanian | Sq -i preyuiyi foarte mult, kn dragoste, din pricina lucrqrii lor. Trqiyi kn pace kntre voi. |
| Russian | Й РПЮЙФБФШ ЙИ РТЕЙНХЭЕУФЧЕООП У МАВПЧША ЪБ ДЕМП ЙИ; ВХДШФЕ Ч НЙТЕ НЕЦДХ УПВПА. |
| Shuar | Yúsnan takainia ásarmatai ti pénker Enentáimtusrum aneestarum. Tura yajauch awajnaitsuk ti shiir nawamnaikiarum matsamsatarum. |
| Spanish | Tenedlos en alta estima con amor a causa de su obra. Vivid en paz los unos con los otros. |
| Swahili | Wapeni heshima kubwa na kuwapenda kwa sababu ya kazi wanayofanya. Muwe na amani kati yenu. |
| Swedish | Låten dem vara eder övermåttan kära, för det verks skull som de utföra. Hållen frid inbördes. |
| Uma | Bila' pai' pengkorui mpu'u-ra, pai' poka'ahi' -ra sabana pobago-ra toe. Tuwu' hintuwu' hadua bo hadua. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Highly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hagly, haughly, highely, highl, highley, highli, highlit, higley, higly, hiley, hilty, hiphil, hogly, Hughli, hughly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "highly" (pronounced hī"lē) |
| 3 | -ī" l ē | dryly, Riley, shyly, slyly, Smiley, wily, wryly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-h-h-i-l-y" | |
-2 letters: high. | |
-3 letters: ghi. | |
-4 letters: hi, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-h-h-i-l-y" | |
+2 letters: eighthly. | |
+3 letters: haughtily, highflyer, hoggishly. | |
+4 letters: ghoulishly, hieroglyph, highflyers. | |
+5 letters: hieroglyphs, ichthyology, lithography. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Images: Digital Art 8. Sounds | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Names: Company Usage | 17. Expressions 18. Expressions: Internet 19. Translations: Modern 20. Bible Trace | 21. Abbreviations 22. Acronyms 23. Derivations 24. Rhymes | 25. Anagrams 26. Bibliography |
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