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1 highly
['haɪlɪ] adverb1) (to a high degree) sehr; äußerst; hoch [angesehen, begabt, bezahlt]; hoch[aktuell, -interessant, -gebildet, -modern]; leicht [entzündlich]; stark [gewürzt]I can highly recommend the restaurant — ich kann dieses Restaurant sehr empfehlen
2) (favourably)think highly of somebody/something, regard somebody/something highly — eine hohe Meinung von jemandem/etwas haben
* * *2) (with approval: He thinks/speaks very highly of you.) hoch* * *high·ly[ˈhaɪli]adv hoch-this was a \highly-publicized case um diesen Fall wurde ein großer Medienrummel veranstaltet fam\highly amusing ausgesprochen amüsant\highly contagious hoch ansteckend\highly-educated hoch gebildet\highly questionable äußerst fragwürdig\highly paid hoch bezahlt\highly placed official hoch gestellter Beamter/hoch gestellte Beamtin\highly priced teuer\highly-skilled hoch qualifiziertto speak \highly of someone von jdm in den höchsten Tönen sprechento think \highly of someone eine hohe Meinung von jdm haben* * *['haIlɪ]adv1) (emph: extremely) successful, sensitive, competitive, controversial, critical äußerst; inflammable leicht; spiced stark; individual, unusual, significant, efficient äußerst, höchsthighly charged (atmosphere) — aufgeladen; debate hitzig
or colored (US) (lit) — farbenfroh, sehr bunt; (fig)
to be highly critical of sb/sth — jdn/etw scharf kritisieren
highly trained — äußerst gut ausgebildet; skilled worker hoch qualifiziert; sportsperson durchtrainiert
highly skilled — äußerst geschickt; worker, workforce hoch qualifiziert
highly placed (in organization, society) — hochgestellt; ( Sport, in league ) führend
highly respected/gifted/educated/paid/developed — hoch geachtet/bezahlt/entwickelt, hochbegabt, hochgebildet
highly intelligent/topical — hochintelligent/-aktuell
highly sophisticated (person, audience) — höchst anspruchsvoll; technology, equipment hoch entwickelt
highly unlikely or improbable — äußerst or höchst unwahrscheinlich
2) regard, rate, prize hochhe is a highly regarded writer — er ist ein hoch angesehener Autor
I don't rate him very highly at all — ich halte überhaupt nicht viel von ihm
she rates highly among world class athletes —
to speak highly of sb/sth — sich sehr positiv über jdn/etw äußern
to think highly of sb/sth — eine hohe Meinung von jdm/etw haben
I can highly recommend it — ich kann es sehr empfehlen
she came highly recommended — sie kam mit einer sehr guten Empfehlung
* * *highly adv1. hoch, in hohem Grade, höchst, äußerst, sehr:highly inflammable leicht entzündlich;highly interesting hochinteressant;highly placed hochgestellt;highly secret streng geheim;2. lobend, anerkennend:think highly of eine hohe Meinung haben von, viel halten von3. teuer:a) teuer bezahlt,b) hoch bezahlt* * *['haɪlɪ] adverb1) (to a high degree) sehr; äußerst; hoch [angesehen, begabt, bezahlt]; hoch[aktuell, -interessant, -gebildet, -modern]; leicht [entzündlich]; stark [gewürzt]2) (favourably)think highly of somebody/something, regard somebody/something highly — eine hohe Meinung von jemandem/etwas haben
* * *adv.am Höchsten ausdr.hoch adv.in hohem Maße ausdr. -
2 unlikely
1 ( unexpected) improbable, peu probable ; highly ou most unlikely extrêmement improbable ; it is unlikely that il est peu probable que (+ subj) ; they are unlikely to succeed il est peu probable qu'ils réussissent ; it's not unlikely that il n'est pas impossible que (+ subj) ;2 ( strange) [partner, marriage, choice, situation] inattendu ; -
3 unlikely
(not likely or probable: an unlikely explanation for his absence; She's unlikely to arrive before 7.00 p.m.; It is unlikely that she will come.) improbableunlikely adj poco probable / improbabletr[ʌn'laɪklɪ]1 (improbable) improbable, poco probable; (unexpected, unusual) inverosímil1) improbable: improbable, poco probable2) unpromising: poco prometedoradj.• improbable adj.• inverosímil adj.• remoto, -a adj.'ʌn'laɪkliadjective -lier, liesta) ( improbable) <outcome/victory> improbable, poco probablethat is highly o most unlikely — eso es muy poco probable
b) ( far-fetched) <story/explanation> inverosímil, increíblec) (odd, unexpected) insólitoan unlikely couple — una extraña pareja, una pareja dispareja (AmL)
[ʌn'laɪklɪ]ADJ (compar unlikelier) (superl unlikeliest)1) (=improbable) poco probable, improbableit is unlikely that he will come, he is unlikely to come — es poco probable que venga, no es probable que venga
he's unlikely to survive — tiene pocas posibilidades de sobrevivir, es poco probable que sobreviva
in the unlikely event that we win — en el caso improbable de que ganáramos, en el caso de que ganáramos, lo cual es poco probable
2) (=implausible) [explanation, excuse] inverosímil, increíble3) (=odd) insólito, extrañohe and Paula made an unlikely couple or pair — él y Paula hacían una pareja insólita or extraña
* * *['ʌn'laɪkli]adjective -lier, liesta) ( improbable) <outcome/victory> improbable, poco probablethat is highly o most unlikely — eso es muy poco probable
b) ( far-fetched) <story/explanation> inverosímil, increíblec) (odd, unexpected) insólitoan unlikely couple — una extraña pareja, una pareja dispareja (AmL)
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4 improbable
improbable [ɪm'prɒbəbəl](a) (unlikely) improbable;∎ I think it highly improbable that he ever came here il me paraît fort peu probable qu'il soit jamais venu ici(b) (hard to believe) invraisemblable;∎ an improbable story une histoire invraisemblable -
5 event
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