HIGHLY in a Sentence
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262 example sentences for HIGHLY, such as:
1. My child speaks highly of you.
2. I find his attitude highly distasteful.
3. Volcanic activity is highly episodic in nature.
4. His analysis is in many ways highly persuasive.
5. Aspirin is a simple but highly effective treatment.
2. I find his attitude highly distasteful.
3. Volcanic activity is highly episodic in nature.
4. His analysis is in many ways highly persuasive.
5. Aspirin is a simple but highly effective treatment.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of HIGHLY
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highly
ad. in a high position or level or rank
ad. at a high rate or wage
Classic Sentence: (149 in 10 pages)
1 They expected every moment to hear Merrylegs give tongue, but the highly trained performing dog had not barked when the girl and the candle appeared together.
2 For, Mrs. Sparsit had not only seen different days, but was highly connected.
3 That lady acts as mistress of this house, and she is a highly connected lady.
4 A lady so decorous in herself, and so highly connected, was not to be suspected of dropping over the banisters or sliding down them, yet her extraordinary facility of locomotion suggested the wild idea.
5 This is not a time for a lady, however highly connected, to be totally inaudible, and seemingly swallowing marbles.
6 I say this, because highly connected females have been astonished to see the way in which your daughter has conducted herself, and to witness her insensibility.
7 This worthy churchman rode upon a well-fed ambling mule, whose furniture was highly decorated, and whose bridle, according to the fashion of the day, was ornamented with silver bells.
8 For the same sort of persons, who, in the present day, applaud most highly the deepest tragedies, were then interested in a tournament exactly in proportion to the danger incurred by the champions engaged.
9 He left my homely dwelling to mingle with the gay nobility of your brother's court, where he learned to do those tricks of horsemanship which you prize so highly.
10 Nobody can think more highly of the matrimonial state than myself.
11 In a general light, private theatricals are open to some objections, but as we are circumstanced, I must think it would be highly injudicious, and more than injudicious to attempt anything of the kind.
12 It is highly unfit for you to sit, be it only half an hour a day, without a fire.
13 I was very much pleased with what I collected to have been your behaviour on the occasion; it shewed a discretion highly to be commended.
14 The thing was good in itself, and could not be done at a better time; and he had no doubt of it being highly agreeable to Fanny.
15 Oliver's vigorous plunges against the bit of timber in question, rendered this occurance highly probable.
Example Sentence: (113 in 8 pages)
1 The ability to speak a foreign language is highly desirable.
2 Volcanic activity is highly episodic in nature.
3 His previous fusions of jazz, pop and African melodies have proved highly successful.
4 It was thought highly inadvisable for young women to go there alone.
5 Although it doesn't look like it, the whole thing is highly organized.
6 His analysis is in many ways highly persuasive.
7 The art of conversation is highly esteemed in France.
8 Fish populations assume highly localized distributions within each river.
9 Conventional economic and accounting theory tends to assume that the process involved is highly rational and orderly.
10 I find his attitude highly distasteful.
11 Aspirin is a simple but highly effective treatment.
12 The board considers your behaviour highly unprofessional.
13 My child speaks highly of you.
14 These fish are highly variable in color and pattern.
15 The company is highly leveraged and struggling with interest payments.