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
Recent Examples on the Web
Deak Harp is getting hectic on harmonica, backed by an achingly cool guitarist who never removes her shades.
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Emma John, AFAR Media, 7 Jan. 2025
Initially, Shipshape Island, the team’s floating headquarters, sails the seas at an achingly slow pace.
—Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
The age profile in the Manchester City squad has become achingly obvious, with stars like Kyle Walker and Kevin De Bruyne now well into their 30s and struggling.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The next year, Ballerina Farm Instagram got a substantial influx of followers due to an achingly real event.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Dec. 2024
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Emma John, AFAR Media, 7 Jan. 2025
Initially, Shipshape Island, the team’s floating headquarters, sails the seas at an achingly slow pace.
—Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
The age profile in the Manchester City squad has become achingly obvious, with stars like Kyle Walker and Kevin De Bruyne now well into their 30s and struggling.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The next year, Ballerina Farm Instagram got a substantial influx of followers due to an achingly real event.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Achingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/achingly. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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