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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (3)

1. (with verb `to blow') destroyed completely; blown apart or to pieces;
- Example: "they blew the bridge sky-high"
- Example: "the committee blew the thesis sky-high"

2. in a lavish or enthusiastic manner;
- Example: "he extolled her virtues sky-high"
[syn: sky-high, enthusiastically]

3. to a very high level;
- Example: "prices have gone sky-high"
- Example: "garbage was piled sky-high"
- Example: "the men were flung sky-high by the explosion"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sky-high \Sky"-high`\, adv. & a.
   Very high. [Colloq.]
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sky-high
    adv 1: (with verb `to blow') destroyed completely; blown apart
           or to pieces; "they blew the bridge sky-high"; "the
           committee blew the thesis sky-high"
    2: in a lavish or enthusiastic manner; "he extolled her virtues
       sky-high" [syn: sky-high, enthusiastically]
    3: to a very high level; "prices have gone sky-high"; "garbage
       was piled sky-high"; "the men were flung sky-high by the
       explosion"