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highly
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adv. [scientific computation] The preferred modifier for overstating an
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understatement. As in: highly nonoptimal, the worst possible way to do
something; highly nontrivial, either impossible or requiring a major
research project; highly nonlinear, completely erratic and unpredictable.
In other computing cultures, postfixing of in the extreme might be preferred.