1
: in an aching manner
achingly sad songs
2
: extremely, exceedingly
achingly complicated
Synonyms
- almighty
- archly
- awful
- awfully
- badly
- beastly
- blisteringly
- bone
- colossally
- corking
- cracking
- damn
- damned
- dang
- deadly
- desperately
- eminently
- enormously
- especially
- ever
- exceedingly
- exceeding
- extra
- extremely
- fabulously
- fantastically
- far
- fiercely
- filthy
- frightfully
- full
- greatly
- heavily
- highly
- hugely
- immensely
- incredibly
- intensely
- jolly
- majorly
- mightily
- mighty
- monstrous [chiefly dialect]
- mortally
- most
- much
- particularly
- passing
- rattling
- real
- really
- right
- roaring
- roaringly
- seriously
- severely
- so
- sore
- sorely
- spanking
- specially
- stinking
- such
- super
- supremely
- surpassingly
- terribly
- that
- thumping
- too
- unco
- uncommonly
- vastly
- very
- vitally
- way
- whacking
- wicked
- wildly
Examples of achingly in a Sentence
an achingly funny movie
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The next year, Ballerina Farm Instagram got a substantial influx of followers due to an achingly real event.
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Dec. 2024
Washington has played monsters before, but never one who seemed quite so achingly human.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
So, expect to discover tennis and strand necklaces made to layer, gold chain links with an achingly modern feel, and chunky event-worthy pieces that'll catch every eye in the room.
—Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
Gaga later sings a hopeful yet achingly desperate take on Joker, but the Harlequin version is one of the album’s most spectacular recordings.
—Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Dec. 2024
Washington has played monsters before, but never one who seemed quite so achingly human.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
So, expect to discover tennis and strand necklaces made to layer, gold chain links with an achingly modern feel, and chunky event-worthy pieces that'll catch every eye in the room.
—Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
Gaga later sings a hopeful yet achingly desperate take on Joker, but the Harlequin version is one of the album’s most spectacular recordings.
—Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Achingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/achingly. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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