adverb
- To a high degree: awfully, dreadfully, eminently, exceedingly, exceptionally, extra, extremely, greatly, most, notably, very. Informal awful. Chiefly Regional mighty. See big/small/amount.
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IN BRIEF: adv. - In a high position or level or rank; To a high degree or extent; At a high rate or wage.
Nothing is more highly to be prized than the value of each day.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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The adverb has 3 meanings:
Meaning #1:
to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect
Synonym: extremely
Derived from adjective: high (meaning #1)
Meaning #2:
at a high rate or wage
Meaning #3:
in a high position or level or rank
Derived from adjective: high (meaning #3)
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