How to Use highly in a Sentence

highly

adverb

• She is one of the most highly respected journalists in the country.
• But her highly anticipated varsity debut was short-lived.
  — Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2023
• For all its viciousness, the system was highly regulated, according to Castell’s research.
  — Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2022
• The school has a highly individualized approach, according to Smith.
  — Emma Quasny, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Dec. 2022
• As reggaeton gained momentum in the early aughts, new tiraera songs became as highly anticipated as professional wrestling matches.
  — Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2022
• And last month the board approved a contract for separate legal counsel from the county office — a move that is highly unusual for education offices, Fine said.
  — Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
• There are more Marvel Studios projects to look forward to than ever in the coming years, but one of the most highly-anticipated is Deadpool 3.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 5 Jan. 2023
• This sectional is both elegant and highly customizable.
  — Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
• The 57 winners are the items that came out on top, highly rated and raved about by our testers.
  — Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 24 Feb. 2023
• But to hackers looking to exploit data, the likelihood of accessing private information is highly unlikely.
  — Fox News, 31 Dec. 2022
• The sap from the plant’s leaves and stems may cause highly sensitive people to break out in a rash.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2023
• The documents found in the office were some of the most highly classified of the entire batch.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 30 May 2023
• You are blessed and highly favored, and August will remind you of this!
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2023
• The highly flared structures found in the new study belong to a class of lipids called plasmalogens.
  — Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
• Case in point: Almost the entire site is 40% off, and select, highly giftable picks are 60% off.
  — Jake Smith, Glamour, 24 Nov. 2023
• With suicide by a highly lethal method there is almost never a chance to go back.
  — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
• Inside the labyrinth of the upper floors, men sniffed a highly volatile liquid called butyl nitrite—poppers, as the type of drug is still known.
  — Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
• The light is a nice touch, as is the highly Instagrammable atrium, with its sequence of blonde wood forms that curl in on themselves.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2023
• This shower from Amazon is made of highly durable teak hardwood with a large, non-slip base.
  — Nora Colomer, Fox News, 8 June 2024
• The moment has been highly discussed and memed online since the finale aired on Sunday night.
  — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2023
• Easy access and the features most anglers need weighed highly.
  — Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 4 May 2023
• Squirrels find the rhizome roots distasteful and are deterred by the highly perfumed scent of the blooms.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2024
• Even by the standards of a workplace drama, the firm of Pearson Hardman is highly chaotic.
  — Time, 11 Aug. 2023
• Over the last three and a half years, record numbers of people quit their jobs, many of them to pursue positions that were more highly paid.
  — Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
• The art of stadium pop pageantry has been highly refined in the past decade, and most tours these days arrive with their own high-tech bells and whistles.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2023
• However, our research shows that farm parents are highly aware of the risks.
  — Florence Becot, The Conversation, 17 May 2023
• Lab results: Although testers gave the service good scores for the beef and seafood, the poultry was also rated highly.
  — Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 17 Feb. 2023
• While the entire series is highly worth your time, episode seven is the kind of television that speaks to the power of change and taking big swings.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 4 Mar. 2024
• The performance of highly successful college coaches who made the leap to the NBA (and who did not play pro ball) is modest at best.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024
• Most modern consumers know their data is highly valuable.
  — Greg Brunk, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024