highly : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: highly	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for highly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
highly adv to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect; "highly successful"; "He spoke highly of her"; "does not think highly of his writing"; "extremely interesting" Synonym(s): highly, extremely at a high rate or wage; "highly paid workers" in a high position or level or rank; "details known by only a few highly placed persons"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Highly \High"ly\, adv. In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
highly adv. [scientific computation] The preferred modifier for overstating an understatement. As in: `highly nonoptimal', the worst possible way to do something; `highly nontrivial', either impossible or requiring a major research project; `highly nonlinear', completely erratic and unpredictable; `highly nontechnical', drivel written for {luser}s, oversimplified to the point of being misleading or incorrect (compare {drool-proof paper}). In other computing cultures, postfixing of {in the extreme} might be preferred.