as in extremely
to a great degree
an achingly funny movie
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Recent Examples of achingly
Based on the memoir of a real doctor, the stories and tribulations feel achingly real, and Whishaw's sly smile and tongue-in-cheek delivery keeps the depressing stories from becoming too morose.
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 8 May 2025
All of the women are at different stages of their lives, careers, and emotional journeys, and all feel achingly relatable despite dealing with literally Hollywood problems.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 30 Mar. 2025
For the audience, Laurie’s feelings were achingly real—and disquietingly uncomfortable.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 7 Apr. 2025
While quiet luxury is still holding its ground, with comfort sandals taking on an achingly chic pragmatism, other trends are swinging in the opposite direction — from nostalgic gladiators and clogs to snake prints slithering in as the new neutral.
—Laura Lajiness Kaupke, refinery29.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 8 May 2025
All of the women are at different stages of their lives, careers, and emotional journeys, and all feel achingly relatable despite dealing with literally Hollywood problems.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 30 Mar. 2025
For the audience, Laurie’s feelings were achingly real—and disquietingly uncomfortable.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 7 Apr. 2025
While quiet luxury is still holding its ground, with comfort sandals taking on an achingly chic pragmatism, other trends are swinging in the opposite direction — from nostalgic gladiators and clogs to snake prints slithering in as the new neutral.
—Laura Lajiness Kaupke, refinery29.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for achingly
Adverb
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The extremely diverse group speaks nine different languages and a quarter of the recruits are women, a higher number than any previous class, agency officials said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2025
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Humor is an extremely useful and common coping strategy that can help some process such a heavy and traumatic event, according to Marni Amsellem, a licensed psychologist.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
Adverb
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Both Marlins righties are incredibly talented and expected to be available at the trade deadline.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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The film obviously has some major horror elements with the infected charging about, but also some tender moments with the family and then an incredibly emotional scene towards the end of the film.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
25 June 2025
Adverb
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The company’s operations were enormous and very interesting.—
Nash Buckingham,
Outdoor Life,
19 June 2025
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According to Ballerini, Kahan said yes at the very last minute.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
19 June 2025
Adverb
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But from the first breath, Roxy sensed something was terribly wrong.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
24 June 2025
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Then in April 2021, Granda’s plan to escape went terribly wrong.—
Charles Rabin,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2025
Adverb
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This suggests that the issues that may have caused both the engines to fail likely occurred at nearly the same moment— a highly unusual scenario, experts said.—
Mika Gröndahl,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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But the most important thing about Wellness Weekend is the opportunity to connect in the highly coveted eastern enclave of Long Island, says Saggio.—
Amanda Lauren,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
Adverb
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Get best-in-class reporting that's too important to ignore for just $2.50 $1 per month for 1 year.—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
29 June 2025
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If their world is more Minecraft than Monopoly, our systems need to shift too.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
Adverb
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Strong winds are occurring but are not so strong as to warrant a High wind warning.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
22 June 2025
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As [Israeli] Prime Minister Netanyahu has said, the Iranian leaders are so hated by their own people, have so failed to deliver positive results for their own people, that that might be the end of this.—
Quinn Scanlan,
ABC News,
22 June 2025
Adverb
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While Nintendo mostly conceded the corporate tug-of-war over graphical prowess back in 2006 with the Wii, the general plateau of visual enhancements over the last two generations means that games running on Switch 2 look pretty damned good even compared to more premium devices.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
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This is typically where everyone’s hindsight becomes so damned good.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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“Achingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/achingly. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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