Highly

//ˈhaɪli//

Synonyms for "highly" (84 found)

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Closest matches (17)

Strong matches (25)

Adverb(3 words)
damnenormouslyindecently
Adverb(1 words)
extremely

Related words (42)

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Translations

36 translations across 17 languages.

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Armenian

1 entries
  • սաստիկ adv (extremely, greatly, awfully)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • olduqca adv (extremely, greatly, awfully)
  • xeyli adv (extremely, greatly, awfully)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • много adv (extremely, greatly, awfully)
  • силно adv (extremely, greatly, awfully)

Catalan

1 entries
  • altament adv (in a high or esteemed manner)

Czech

2 entries
  • vysoko adv (in a high or esteemed manner)
  • vysoko adv (extremely, greatly, awfully)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hyvin adv (extremely, greatly, awfully)
  • kunnioittavasti adv (in a high or esteemed manner)
  • ylistäen adv (in a high or esteemed manner)
  • ylistävästi adv (in a high or esteemed manner)

French

1 entries
  • extrêmement adv (extremely, greatly, awfully)

German

2 entries
  • extrem adv (extremely, greatly, awfully)
  • sehr adv (extremely, greatly, awfully)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰 adv (in a high or esteemed manner)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • dicsérőleg adv (in a high or esteemed manner)
  • elismerően adv (in a high or esteemed manner)
  • igen adv (extremely, greatly, awfully)
  • kedvezően adv (in a high or esteemed manner)

Polish

2 entries
  • wysoko adv (in a high or esteemed manner)
  • wysoko adv (extremely, greatly, awfully)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • altamente adv (in a high or esteemed manner)
  • altamente adv (extremely, greatly, awfully)

Russian

2 entries
  • высоко́ adv (in a high or esteemed manner)
  • высоко́ adv (extremely, greatly, awfully)

Scots

2 entries
  • heichly adv (in a high or esteemed manner)
  • heichly adv (extremely, greatly, awfully)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • gu h-àrd adv (in a high or esteemed manner)
  • gu h-àrd adv (extremely, greatly, awfully)

Spanish

1 entries
  • altamente adv (extremely, greatly, awfully)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • ви́соко adv (in a high or esteemed manner)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Your conclusion is highly arguable.

Source: tatoeba (17248)

The habits of highly intelligent people offer a clue as to how to do that.

Source: tatoeba (18863)

The sea ice is highly variable - frozen solid during cold, calm weather and broken up in large areas of open water during storms.

Source: tatoeba (22233)

We cannot speak too highly of his great achievements.

Source: tatoeba (22750)

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