Highly vs. Widely — What's the Difference?

Having a relatively great elevation; extending far upward

Having a specified extent from side to side

Extending a specified distance upward

Extending over a great distance from side to side; broad

Far or farther from a reference point

Having great extent or range; including much or many

Being at or near the peak or culminating stage

Fully open or extended

Advanced in development or complexity

To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal

Far removed in time; remote

(Baseball) Outside.

Slightly spoiled or tainted; gamy. Used of meat.

(Sports) Being toward or near one of the side boundaries of a playing area, such as a sideline on a football field.

Having a bad smell; malodorous.

Deviating or straying from something expected or specified

Having a pitch corresponding to a relatively large number of sound-wave cycles per second

(Linguistics) Lax.

Raised in pitch; not soft or hushed

Over a great distance; extensively

Situated relatively far from the equator

To the full extent; completely.

Of great importance

To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal.

Eminent in rank or status

(Sports) Toward or near one of the sides of a playing area

Serious; grave

A ball bowled outside of the batsman's reach, counting as a run for the batting team in cricket.

Constituting a climax; crucial

In a wide manner; across a wide area.

Characterized by lofty or stirring events or themes

Commonly; generally; to a great degree.

Lofty or exalted in quality or character

In a wide manner; to a wide degree or extent; far; extensively; as, the gospel was widely disseminated by the apostles.

Greater than usual or expected, as in quantity, magnitude, cost, or degree

Very much; to a great degree or extent; as, to differ widely in opinion.

Favorable

To a great degree;

Of great force or violence

To or over a great extent or range; far;

(Informal) Excited or euphoric

So as to leave much space or distance between;

(Slang) Intoxicated by alcohol or a drug, such as cocaine or marijuana.

Luxurious; extravagant

(Linguistics) Of or relating to vowels produced with part of the tongue close to the palate, as in the vowel of tree.

Of, relating to, or being the gear configuration or setting, as in an automotive transmission, that produces the greatest vehicular speed with respect to engine speed.

At, in, or to a lofty position, level, or degree

In an extravagant or luxurious way

A lofty place or region.

A high level or degree

The high gear configuration of a transmission.

A center of high atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.

(Informal) An excited or euphoric condition

(Slang) An intoxicated or euphoric condition induced by alcohol or a drug.

In a high or esteemed manner.

Extremely; greatly; very much.

In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed.

To a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect;

At a high rate or wage;

In a high position or level or rank;