highly
part of speech
adverb (highly)
meaning for a pupil
1) Highly means very or very much: highly dangerous, highly unlikely. tree →
2) Highly means with great respect or praise: «think highly of someone». tree →
3) Highly means at a high level, rank or amount: highly paid, highly skilled. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: "Highly exalted" in the Song at the Sea is praise of God for the victory at the sea, sung at Passover and every day in prayer. In the primary lessons: In safety, labels say «highly flammable» or «highly toxic» — keep away. In maths and probability, «highly likely» means very probable, «highly unlikely» means almost impossible. In everyday talk «I highly recommend this book» means you strongly suggest it. Phrases: «highly likely/unlikely», «think highly of», «speak highly of», «highly recommend», «highly skilled».
examples
- And Miriam sang unto them: Sing ye to the LORD, for He is highly exalted: the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea. (Torah EXO.15.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spoke, saying: I will sing unto the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea. (Torah EXO.15.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- D., remarked very truly in his German preface to the book "Yezirah," published in Leipzig, 1830: "This book is for two reasons highly important: in the first place, that the real Cabala, or mystical (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable. (Writings PSA.145.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised, in the city of our God, His holy mountain, (Writings PSA.48.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- For great is the LORD, and highly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods. (Writings PSA.96.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- That spray is highly flammable — keep it away from fire. tree →
- It is highly unlikely to snow in summer. tree →
- My teacher thinks highly of your work. tree →
- I highly recommend this book. tree →
- Surgeons are highly skilled. tree →
- Some snakes are highly poisonous. tree →
- It is highly likely we will win. tree →
- Everyone speaks highly of the new coach. tree →
note
Trap: «highly» usually means «very», not «at a great height». For height use «high»: «The kite flew high» (not «highly»). «Highly» goes before adjectives: highly dangerous, highly likely.
In the corpora
- Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised, in the city of our God, His holy mountain,
- For great is the LORD, and highly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
- Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable.
- For great is the LORD, and highly to be praised; He also is to be feared above all gods.
- In the UK people value queuing highly and get upset about queue-jumping.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «highly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.