transcription, транскрипция: [ haɪli ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Highly is used before some adjectives to mean ‘very’.
Mr Singh was a highly successful salesman...
...the highly controversial nuclear energy programme.
= extremely
ADV : ADV adj
2.
You use highly to indicate that someone has an important position in an organization or set of people.
...a highly placed government advisor.
ADV : ADV -ed
3.
If someone is highly paid, they receive a large salary.
He was the most highly paid member of staff.
ADV : ADV -ed
4.
If you think highly of something or someone, you think they are very good indeed.
...one of the most highly regarded chefs in the French capital.
ADV : ADV after v , ADV -ed