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high⋅ly

[hahy-lee]
–adverb
1. in or to a high degree; extremely: highly amusing; highly seasoned food.
2. with high appreciation or praise; admiringly: to speak highly of a person.
3. more than adequately; generously: a highly paid consultant.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME heihliche, OE hēalīce. See high, -ly
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high   (hī)   
adj.   high·er, high·est
    1. Having a relatively great elevation; extending far upward: a high mountain; a high tower.

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

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

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

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

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

    7. Having a bad smell; malodorous.

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

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

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

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

    12. Serious; grave: high crimes and misdemeanors.

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

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

    15. 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).

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

    17. Indicating excitement or euphoria: high spirits.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    5. Having a bad smell; malodorous.

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

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

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

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

    10. Serious; grave: high crimes and misdemeanors.

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

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

    13. 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).

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

    15. Indicating excitement or euphoria: high spirits.

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

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

    2. Having a bad smell; malodorous.

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

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

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

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

    7. Serious; grave: high crimes and misdemeanors.

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

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

    10. 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).

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

    12. Indicating excitement or euphoria: high spirits.

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

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

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

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

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

    5. Serious; grave: high crimes and misdemeanors.

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

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

    8. 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).

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

    10. Indicating excitement or euphoria: high spirits.

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

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

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

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

    3. Serious; grave: high crimes and misdemeanors.

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

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

    6. 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).

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

    8. Indicating excitement or euphoria: high spirits.

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

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

    1. 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).

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

    3. Indicating excitement or euphoria: high spirits.

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

  4. Of great force or violence: high winds.

    1. Indicating excitement or euphoria: high spirits.

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

  5. Luxurious; extravagant: high living.

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

  7. 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.


[Middle English, from Old English hēah.]
high'ly adv.
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