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 through-line were sounds that leaned toward the smoldering and idiosyncratic — from his use of achingly passionate songs of heartbreak by Roy Orbison and Chris Isaak to his own shadowy recordings with modern torch singers Julee Cruise and Chrystabell.
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Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
In other words, when 70 mph winds are raining embers into suburban communities so achingly vulnerable to fire, extreme blazes are an inevitability that no number of firefighters can control.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2025
Although no possible motive has yet been released, Crooks nevertheless embodies the achingly familiar profile of an American mass shooter: a young white man, isolated from peers and armed with a high-powered rifle.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 15 July 2024
Deak Harp is getting hectic on harmonica, backed by an achingly cool guitarist who never removes her shades.
—Emma John, AFAR Media, 7 Jan. 2025
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Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
In other words, when 70 mph winds are raining embers into suburban communities so achingly vulnerable to fire, extreme blazes are an inevitability that no number of firefighters can control.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2025
Although no possible motive has yet been released, Crooks nevertheless embodies the achingly familiar profile of an American mass shooter: a young white man, isolated from peers and armed with a high-powered rifle.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 15 July 2024
Deak Harp is getting hectic on harmonica, backed by an achingly cool guitarist who never removes her shades.
—Emma John, AFAR Media, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Achingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/achingly. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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