highly

[hahy-lee] / ˈhaɪ li /

ADVERB

very, well

Synonyms

STRONGEST

decidedly deeply eminently exceedingly exceptionally extraordinarily extremely greatly hugely immensely profoundly really remarkably so strikingly supremely terribly tremendously vastly very much

WEAK

awful awfully bloody but good mighty mucho notably parlous plenty powerful real right so much surpassingly terrifically too much

Antonyms

STRONGEST

little unremarkably

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The fuel will be highly radioactive for "tens of thousands of years", he said.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

On Monday, Barclays analyst Raimo Lenschow initiated coverage of IBM, saying that the company’s software stack is highly defensible against artificial-intelligence fears.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

Budget airline EasyJet has branded a possible takeover approach from a US firm as "highly opportunistic".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Those experiments showed that MoOCl2 could guide light in highly directional and unexpected ways.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

A chess player himself, Laucks liked to surround himself with other players, many of them offbeat and highly talented.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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