Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb To a very high level.
- adverb In a lavish or enthusiastic manner.
- adverb In pieces or to pieces; apart.
- adjective High up in the air.
- adjective Exorbitantly high in cost or value.
from The Century Dictionary.
- As high as the sky; very high.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb colloq. Very high.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Extremely
tall - adjective
excessive ,exorbitant - adverb To a very
high level
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to a very high level
- adverb (with verb `to blow') destroyed completely; blown apart or to pieces
- adverb in a lavish or enthusiastic manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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The thing blew sky-high, which is why the young Mountie found little more than smoldering earth.
Fall On Your Knees Macdonald Ann-Marie 1996
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The thing blew sky-high, which is why the young Mountie found little more than smoldering earth.
Fall On Your Knees Macdonald Ann-Marie 1996
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The penthouse thereafter became an object of global attention, and penthouse became a Global English word whose stock rose sky-high.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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The penthouse thereafter became an object of global attention, and penthouse became a Global English word whose stock rose sky-high.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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But the exciting thing about yesterday was the realization that the potential for each of their projects is sky-high.
The Changemakers Sir Vernon Ellis 2011
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But if a new survey by the New York Times is accurate, the president and some of his policies are significantly less popular with white Americans than with black Americans, and his sky-high ratings among African-Americans make some of his positions appear a bit more popular overall than they actually are.
But Who's Counting? 2009
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Hong Kong's sky-high home prices are the highest among those surveyed in a report by research firm Demographia.
Hong Kong Homes Rank Last in Affordability Alice Truong 2011
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Though the EU's rescue package has helped ease near-term concerns about a wave of defaults across Europe, concerns about the solvency of the indebted countries remain — whether governments, which are still running sky-high deficits, will be able to push through massive austerity measures for years to come remain.
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Well just take comfort that they are still paying and paying not only for their overpriced real estate and sky-high property taxes and association dues but also big bucks to solve that horrendous algae problem in their little lake.
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Another factor increasing the chances the ICC will turn a profit: Hong Kong's sky-high office rents, which are among the world's highest.
Skyscraper, Moneymaker Ron Gluckman 2011
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