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highly

/ˈhaɪli/ adverb B1
  1. In a high or esteemed manner. · He spoke highly of you.· Highly placed officials who denied the story
  2. Extremely; greatly; very much. · He is in a highly visible job.· The book was highly controversial yet sold unbelievably well.

Comparative highlier · Superlative highliest

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As a clergyman, moreover, I feel it my duty to promote and establish the blessing of peace in all families within the reach of my influence; and on these grounds I flatter myself that my present overtures of good-will are highly commendable, and that the circumstance of my being next in the entail of Longbourn estate will be kindly overlooked on your side, and not lead you to reject the offered olive branch.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 69 · B2
“The indirect boast; for you are really proud of your defects in writing, because you consider them as proceeding from a rapidity of thought and carelessness of execution, which, if not estimable, you think at least highly interesting.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 52 · B2
Her report was highly favourable.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 7 · B2
It had been settled in the evening, between the aunt and niece, that such a striking civility as Miss Darcy’s, in coming to them on the very day of her arrival at Pemberley--for she had reached it only to a late breakfast--ought to be imitated, though it could not be equalled, by some exertion of politeness on their side; and, consequently, that it would be highly expedient to wait on her at Pemberley the following morning.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 299 · B2

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