I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adverb
Etymology: sky (I) + high, adverb
1.
a. : high into the air
men on the upper deck were flung sky-high — J.E.Macdonnell
b. : to an unusually or unprecedentedly high level
raising taxes sky-high — Laura Krey
lifted my spirit sky-high — Elmer Morriss
2. : in an enthusiastic manner
extolling the virtues of the crew sky-high — Frederick Way
3. : to pieces : apart
the thesis … was blown sky-high — Times Literary Supplement
blasted another popular myth sky-high
II. adjective
Etymology: sky (I) + high, adjective
: excessively expensive : exorbitant
spend sky-high sums — Norman Cousins
top restaurants are often sky-high — T.H.Fielding