highly

high  (h)

adj. high·er, high·est

1.

a. Having a relatively great elevation; extending far upward: a high mountain; a high tower.

b. Extending a specified distance upward: a cabinet ten feet high.

2. Far or farther from a reference point: was too high in the offensive zone to take a shot.

3.

a. Being at or near the peak or culminating stage: the high tourist season; high summer.

b. Advanced in development or complexity: high forms of animal life; higher mathematics.

c. Far removed in time; remote: high antiquity.

4.

a. Slightly spoiled or tainted; gamy. Used of meat.

b. Having a bad smell; malodorous.

5.

a. Having a pitch corresponding to a relatively large number of sound-wave cycles per second: the high tones of a flute.

b. Raised in pitch; not soft or hushed: a high voice.

6. Situated relatively far from the equator: a high latitude.

7.

a. Of great importance: set a high priority on funding the housing program.

b. Eminent in rank or status: a high official.

c. Serious; grave: high crimes and misdemeanors.

d. Constituting a climax; crucial: The chase scene is the high point of the film.

e. Characterized by lofty or stirring events or themes: high adventure; high drama.

8. Lofty or exalted in quality or character: a person of high morals.

9.

a. Greater than usual or expected, as in quantity, magnitude, cost, or degree: "A high price has to be paid for the happy marriage with the four healthy children" (Doris Lessing).

b. Favorable: He has a high opinion of himself.

10. Of great force or violence: high winds.

11.

a. Indicating excitement or euphoria: high spirits.

b. Slang Intoxicated by or as if by alcohol or a drug, such as cocaine or marijuana.

12. Luxurious; extravagant: high living.

13. Linguistics Of or relating to vowels produced with part of the tongue close to the palate, as in the vowel of tree.

14. Of, relating to, or being the gear configuration or setting, as in an automotive transmission, that produces the greatest vehicular speed with respect to engine speed.

adv. higher, highest

1. At, in, or to a lofty position, level, or degree: saw a plane high in the sky; prices that had gone too high.

2. In an extravagant or luxurious way: made a fortune and lived high.

n.

1. A lofty place or region.

2. A high level or degree: Summer temperatures reached an all-time high.

3. The high gear configuration of a transmission.

4. A center of high atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.

5. Slang An intoxicated or euphoric condition induced by or as if by a drug.

Idioms:

high and dry

1. In a position of helplessness; stranded: went off and left me high and dry.

2. Nautical Out of water. Used of a ship, for example.

high and low

Here and there; everywhere: searched high and low for the keys.

on high

1. High in the sky.

2. In heaven.

3. In a position of authority.

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[Middle English, from Old English hah.]

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highly adv.

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highly [ˈhaɪlɪ]

adv

1. (intensifier) highly pleased highly disappointed

2. with great approbation or favour we spoke highly of it

3. in a high position placed highly in class

4. at or for a high price or cost

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	highly - 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" extremely
	2.	highly - at a high rate or wage; "highly paid workers"
	3.	highly - in a high position or level or rank; "details known by only a few highly placed persons"

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highly

adverb

1. extremely, very, greatly, seriously (informal), vastly, exceptionally, extraordinarily, immensely, decidedly, tremendously, supremely, eminently He was a highly successful salesman.

2. favourably, well, warmly, enthusiastically, approvingly, appreciatively one of the most highly regarded chefs in the French capital

Translations

highly [ˈhaɪlɪ] ADV

1. (with adj, pp used as adj) [effective, sensitive, controversial] → muy, sumamente; [qualified, developed, sophisticated] → sumamente, altamente; [significant] → sumamente, tremendamente
highly acclaimed → sumamente elogiado
highly charged [atmosphere, occasion, debate] → muy tenso
highly coloured [clothes, picture] → de colores chillones; [description, account] → muy exagerado
highly educated → muy culto
highly intelligent → sumamente inteligente → inteligentísimo
it is highly likely that he will win the competition → es muy or sumamente probable que gane la competición
highly paid [person, job] → muy bien pagado
a highly placed official → un funcionario importante, un alto cargo
he is highly placed in the company → está muy bien situado en la compañía
highly polished [shoes, furniture, tiles] → muy brillantes; [book, film, description] → muy bueno, muy pulido
highly qualified → muy preparado, muy cualificado
this book is highly recommended → este libro está muy recomendado
she came to the job highly recommended → vino muy bien recomendada
a highly regarded writer → un escritor de mucha reputación
highly sexed → muy sensual, con mucho apetito sexual
highly spiced → con muchas especias, muy condimentado
highly strung → muy nervioso, muy excitable
a highly successful businessman → un hombre de negocios de muchísimo éxito
highly trained soldiers → soldados sumamente adiestrados
the staff are highly trained → el personal está altamente capacitado
it is highly unlikely that she will see you → es muy poco probable que te reciba

2. (with verb)
to praise sb highly → alabar or elogiar mucho a algn
I can't praise him highly enough → todo elogio que haga de él es poco
I don't rate him very highly → no tengo muy buena opinión de él
his chances of survival are not rated very highly → no se cree que tenga muchas posibilidades de sobrevivir
he is highly regarded by all his staff → está muy bien considerado por todo su personal
these children score very highly in intelligence tests → estos niños consiguen unas puntuaciones muy altas en los tests de inteligencia
to speak highly of sb/sth → hablar muy bien de algn/algo
to think highly of sb/sth → tener muy buena opinión de algn/algo
to value sth highly → apreciar mucho algo

highly [ˈhaɪli] adv

(= extremely) [effective] → hautement; [controversial] → hautement; [competitive] → hautement
highly possible → fort possible
highly unlikely → hautement improbable
It seems highly unlikely that she will succeed → Il semble hautement improbable qu'elle réussisse.
highly sensitive [subject, area] → hautement sensible
to be highly competitive [person] → avoir un esprit de compétition très développé; [market] → être hautement concurrentiel
DIY remains a highly competitive sector → Le bricolage demeure un secteur hautement concurrentiel.
highly successful
Mr Singh was a highly successful salesman → M. Singh remportait beaucoup de succès dans son métier de vendeur. highly paid, highly trained, highly rated, highly charged

(expressing approval) to speak highly of sb/sth → dire beaucoup de bien de qn/qch
to think highly of sb/sth → penser beaucoup de bien de qn/qch
to be highly regarded → être hautement considéré(e)
to be highly respected → être hautement respecté(e), inspirer le plus grand respect
He was highly respected by both friends and enemies → Il inspirait le plus grand respect à la fois à ses amis et à ses ennemis.
BUT Il était hautement respecté, à la fois par ses amis et ses ennemis.
highly charged highly-charged adj [atmosphere, situation] → électrique, hautement émotionnel(le); [debate] → électrique, très tendu(e)
the highly-charged atmosphere of the Middle East → l'atmosphère électrique du Moyen-Orient
The atmosphere was as highly charged as ever → L'atmosphère était aussi électrique qu'à l'habitude.
highly paid highly-paid adj [person] → à haut salaire; [job] → à haut salaire
highly-paid jobs → des emplois à hauts salaires
a highly-paid executive → un cadre à haut salaire
He was the most highly paid member of their staff
BUT De tous leurs salariés, c'était le mieux payé.
to be highly paid [person] → être bien payé(e), percevoir un haut salaire
highly rated highly-rated adj [sports player, athlete] → de premier plan; [restaurant] → très coté(e)
a highly-rated goalkeeper → un gardien de premier plan
to be highly rated [person] → être hautement estimé(e)
He is highly rated by his managers → Il est hautement estimé par sa direction.
highly strung highly-strung adj → très nerveux/euse
highly trained highly-trained adj [scientist, engineer] → hautement qualifié(e); [athlete, soldier] → hautement entraîné(e)
a highly-trained soldier → un soldat hautement entraîné
to be highly trained [scientist, engineer] → être hautement qualifié(e); [athlete, soldier] → être hautement entraîné(e)
high mass High Mass n → grand-messe f
high-minded [ˌhaɪˈmaɪndɪd] adj [person] → d'une grande élévation morale; [ambition, wish] → noble
high-necked [ˌhaɪˈnɛkt] adj → à col haut

highly

adv

(emph: = extremely) successful, sensitive, competitive, controversial, critical → äußerst; inflammable → leicht; spiced → stark; individual, unusual, significant, efficient → äußerst, höchst; highly charged (atmosphere) → aufgeladen; debate → hitzig; highly coloured (Brit) or colored (US) (lit) → farbenfroh, sehr bunt; (fig) report, description (= one-sided) → stark gefärbt; (= detailed) → ausgeschmückt; to be highly critical of somebody/something → jdn/etw scharf kritisieren; highly trained → äußerst gut ausgebildet; skilled worker → hoch qualifiziert; sportsperson → durchtrainiert; highly skilled → äußerst geschickt; worker, workforce → hoch qualifiziert; highly placed (in organization, society) → hochgestellt; (Sport, in league) → führend; highly respected/gifted/educated/paid/developed → hoch geachtet/bezahlt/entwickelt, hochbegabt, hochgebildet; highly intelligent/topical → hochintelligent/-aktuell; highly polished (= shiny) → auf Hochglanz poliert; shoes, brass → blank geputzt; (= accomplished) performance, style, manners, language → perfekt ausgefeilt; highly sophisticated (person, audience) → höchst anspruchsvoll; technology, equipment → hoch entwickelt; highly toxic → hochgiftig; highly unlikely or improbable → äußerst or höchst unwahrscheinlich

regard, rate, prize → hoch; he is a highly regarded writer → er ist ein hoch angesehener Autor; they were highly praised → sie wurden hoch gelobt; I don’t rate him very highly at all → ich halte überhaupt nicht viel von ihm; she rates highly among world class athletes → sie zählt zu den Weltklassesportlern; to be highly prized for its flavour → wegen seines Geschmacks hoch geschätzt werden; to speak highly of somebody/something → sich sehr positiv über jdn/etw äußern; to think highly of somebody/something → eine hohe Meinung von jdm/etw haben; highly recommended → sehr empfehlenswert; I can highly recommend it → ich kann es sehr empfehlen; she came highly recommended → sie kam mit einer sehr guten Empfehlung

highly [ˈhaɪlɪ] adv → estremamente, molto
highly paid → pagato/a molto bene
highly spiced dishes → piatti molto piccanti
highly specialized → altamente specializzato/a
to think highly of sb → avere molta stima di qn
to speak highly of → parlare molto bene di

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highly [ˈhaɪlɪ] adv → estremamente, molto
highly paid → pagato/a molto bene
highly spiced dishes → piatti molto piccanti
highly specialized → altamente specializzato/a
to think highly of sb → avere molta stima di qn
to speak highly of → parlare molto bene di