highly

adv

/ˈhaɪli/

Etymology

From Middle English hiȝly, heȝly, heyȝliche, from Old English hēalīce (“highly”), equivalent to high + -ly. Cognate with Dutch hoogelijk (“highly”), German höchlich (“highly”), Danish højlig (“highly”), Swedish högligen (“highly”).

inherited from hēalīce
inherited from hiȝly

Definitions

1
In a high or esteemed manner.
- He spoke highly of you.
2
Extremely
Extremely; greatly; very much.
- He is in a highly visible job.
- The book was highly controversial yet sold unbelievably well.
- There are those who value a seat sufficiently highly that they prefer to make their daily journeys by the Western Region Vine Street line.

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Derived

highly commended, highly composite number, highly-enriched uranium, highly enriched uranium, highly sensitive person, highly-strung, highly superior autobiographical memory, superior highly composite number, think highly of

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at highly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at highly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at highly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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