highly

highly
    adv 1: to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much
           respect; "highly successful"; "He spoke highly of her";
           "does not think highly of his writing"; "extremely
           interesting" [syn: {highly}, {extremely}]
    2: at a high rate or wage; "highly paid workers"
    3: in a high position or level or rank; "details known by only a
       few highly placed persons"
    

Highly \High"ly\, adv.
   In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly
   esteemed.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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.
    

54 Moby Thesaurus words for "highly":
      a deal, a great deal, a lot, abundantly, approvingly,
      as all creation, as all get-out, authoritatively, beaucoup,
      considerable, considerably, decidedly, effectively,
      enthusiastically, ever so, ever so much, exceedingly,
      exceptionally, extraordinarily, extremely, favorably, galore,
      greatly, hugely, immensely, importantly, in great measure,
      incomparably, influentially, largely, much, muchly, never so,
      no end, no end of, not a little, notably, parlous, plenty,
      powerfully, pretty much, quite, remarkably, so, so very much,
      strikingly, strongly, surpassingly, to the skies, tremendously,
      very, very much, warmly, well