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3 definitions found 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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