highly
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Superlative |
- very
- The two ideas are highly connected.
- If someone is highly qualified, skilled, or educated, they have a lot of skill or knowledge.
- The school has many highly qualified teachers.
- If someone is highly placed, they have a lot of power.
- If you think highly of someone or something, you think they're very good.
- He became manager because everyone thought very highly of him.