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Oxford 5000 Word List ft. Collins (English)

Highly Important Position Organization Set People Government Advisor

query
You use h_____ to indicate that someone has an important position in an organization or set of people.You use highly to indicate that someone has an important position in an organization or set of people.
...a highly placed government advisor.
...highly ranked soccer teams.
word highly
full-definition
adverb
Highly is used before some adjectives to mean 'very'.
Mr Singh was a highly successful civil engineer.
It seems highly unlikely that she ever existed.
...the highly controversial nuclear energy programme.
You use highly to indicate that someone has an important position in an organization or set of people.
...a highly placed government advisor.
...highly ranked soccer teams.
If someone is highly paid, they receive a large salary .
He was the most highly paid member of staff.
If you think highly of something or someone, you think they are very good indeed.
Daphne and Michael thought highly of the school.
...one of the most highly regarded chefs in the French capital.
cefr-level B1

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