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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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
highly
adv 1: to a high degree or extent; "highly successful play";
"highly informative"; "a highly educated woman"; "an
extremely interesting book" [syn: {extremely}]
2: favorably or with much respect; "He spoke highly of her";
"does not think highly of his writing"
3: at a high rate or wage; "highly paid workers"
4: in a high position or level or rank; "details known by only
a few highly placed persons"
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 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.
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