highly

highly
adverb
1) (very; very much: highly delighted; highly paid; I value the book highly.) muy; enormemente
2) (with approval: He thinks/speaks very highly of you.) muy bien
highly adv muy / altamente
it's highly enjoyable es muy divertido
to think highly of someone tener muy buena opinión de alguien
to speak highly of someone hablar muy bien de alguien
highly
tr['haɪlɪ]
adverb
1 (very) muy; (favourably) muy bien
■ he thinks very highly of you le tiene en mucho a Vd
■ she was highly pleased estuvo muy contenta
highly ['haɪli] adv
1) very: muy, sumamente
2) favorably: muy bien
to speak highly of: hablar muy bien de
to think highly of: tener en mucho a
highly
adv.
• altamente adv.
• mucho adv.
• muy adv.
• sumamente adv.
'haɪli
adverb
a) (to a high degree)

highly probable/unlikely — muy/muy poco probable

highly intelligent — inteligentísimo, sumamente inteligente

highly trained/skilled — altamente capacitado/calificado

he's highly respected — lo respetan mucho

b) (favorably)

his boss speaks/thinks very highly of him — su jefe habla muy bien/tiene muy buena opinión de él

I recommend it highly — te lo recomiendo sin reserva

c) (at a high rate)

a highly paid job — un trabajo muy bien pagado or remunerado

['haɪlɪ]
ADV
1) (with adj, pp used as adj) [effective, sensitive, controversial] muy, sumamente; [qualified, developed, sophisticated] sumamente, altamente; [significant] sumamente, tremendamente

• highly acclaimed — sumamente elogiado

• highly charged — [atmosphere, occasion, debate] muy tenso

• highly coloured — [clothes, picture] de colores chillones; [description, account] muy exagerado

• highly educated — muy culto

• highly intelligent — sumamente inteligente, inteligentísimo

• it is highly likely that he will win the competition — es muy or sumamente probable que gane la competición

• highly paid — [person, job] muy bien pagado

• a highly placed official — un funcionario importante, un alto cargo

he is highly placed in the company — está muy bien situado en la compañía

• highly polished — [shoes, furniture, tiles] muy brillantes; [book, film, description] muy bueno, muy pulido

• highly qualified — muy preparado, muy cualificado

• this book is highly recommended — este libro está muy recomendado

she came to the job highly recommended — vino muy bien recomendada

• a highly regarded writer — un escritor de mucha reputación

• highly sexed — muy sensual, con mucho apetito sexual

• highly spiced — con muchas especias, muy condimentado

• highly strung — muy nervioso, muy excitable

• a highly successful businessman — un hombre de negocios de muchísimo éxito

• highly trained soldiers — soldados sumamente adiestrados

the staff are highly trained — el personal está altamente capacitado

• it is highly unlikely that she will see you — es muy poco probable que te reciba

2) (with verb)

• to praise sb highly — alabar or elogiar mucho a algn

I can't praise him highly enough — todo elogio que haga de él es poco

• I don't rate him very highly — no tengo muy buena opinión de él

his chances of survival are not rated very highly — no se cree que tenga muchas posibilidades de sobrevivir

• he is highly regarded by all his staff — está muy bien considerado por todo su personal

• these children score very highly in intelligence tests — estos niños consiguen unas puntuaciones muy altas en los tests de inteligencia

• to speak highly of sb/sth — hablar muy bien de algn/algo

• to think highly of sb/sth — tener muy buena opinión de algn/algo

• to value sth highly — apreciar mucho algo

* * *
['haɪli]
adverb
a) (to a high degree)

highly probable/unlikely — muy/muy poco probable

highly intelligent — inteligentísimo, sumamente inteligente

highly trained/skilled — altamente capacitado/calificado

he's highly respected — lo respetan mucho

b) (favorably)

his boss speaks/thinks very highly of him — su jefe habla muy bien/tiene muy buena opinión de él

I recommend it highly — te lo recomiendo sin reserva

c) (at a high rate)

a highly paid job — un trabajo muy bien pagado or remunerado


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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