sky-high

adv.

1. To a very high level: The garbage was piled sky-high.
2. In a lavish or enthusiastic manner: The critics praised the play sky-high.
3. In pieces or to pieces; apart: Sappers blew the bridge sky-high.

adj.

1. High up in the air: sky-high trees.
2. Exorbitantly high in cost or value: sky-high prices; sky-high stocks.

adjective

1. Imposingly high: aerial, airy, lofty, soaring, towering. See high/low.
2. Vastly exceeding a normal limit, as in cost: steep¹, stiff, stratospheric, unconscionable. See big/small/amount, usual/unusual.

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The adverb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: (with verb"to blow") destroyed completely; blown apart or to pieces

Meaning #2: in a lavish or enthusiastic manner
  Synonym: enthusiastically

Meaning #3: to a very high level

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - skyhøjt
adj. - himmelhøj, skyhøj

Nederlands (Dutch)
hemelhoog, tot grote hoogte

Français (French)
adv. - en flèche, en éclats
adj. - exorbitant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - himmelhoch
adv. - hoch in die Luft

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ουρανομήκης, (μτφ.) αστρονομικός, υπερβολικά ψηλός
adv. - στα ουράνια, μέχρι τον ουρανό

Italiano (Italian)
alle stelle

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - altíssimo
adv. - nas nuvens

Русский (Russian)
доходящий до неба, очень высокий, до небес, высоко-высоко

Español (Spanish)
adv. - muy alto, por las nubes
adj. - muy alto, por las nubes, más allá del cielo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - skyhög
adv. - skyhögt, i högan sky, himmelshögt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
高空中地, 天一般高地, 极高的, 昂贵的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 高空中地, 天一般高地
adj. - 極高的, 昂貴的

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 까마득히 높이, 하늘 높이
adj. - 까마득히 높은, 하늘 높은

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 空高く, 熱烈に
adj. - 非常に高い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) عاليا جدا (ظرف) ألى حد عالي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮לגובה רב‬
adj. - ‮לגובה רב‬

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