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
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Her long, dark hair was messily waved, hanging past her shoulders like a shawl, while her eyebrows were shaved extremely thin, leaving little room for any expression other than a sly smile.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
1 July 2025
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While both the House and Senate bills proposed language that was extremely harmful to the pass-through entity community, the final Senate bill passed made significant modifications that will encourage continued investments via pass through entities.—
Lynn Mucenski Keck,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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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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Embarking on the journey of franchising a business can be a very daunting step, but taking time to identify a franchising style that works for you and your business and to build a model that is authentic to you should make that journey a much easier one.—
Fiona Simpson,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Don’t overdo it; a very small amount of concealer is more than enough.—
Laura Solla,
Vogue,
1 July 2025
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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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However, questions remained as to whether the highly enriched uranium that Iran would need to develop a nuclear weapon was at the site at the time.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 June 2025
Adverb
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Furthermore, the definition of disabled is often too narrow: more than one third of non-working adults classified as able-bodied by SNAP report having a disability that impedes their ability to work.—
Emily Eisner,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2025
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People who rely on Medicaid access and funds for federal food aid would come out on the short end of the stick under the plan, too.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
29 June 2025
Adverb
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One that is not so honed in on aging in one type of barrel, but makes superb whisky nonetheless, is Oban.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
22 June 2025
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Three Posts Cayton 5-Piece Tiered Shelf While decor is important, so is having a place to display those accent pieces.—
Rachel Trujillo,
People.com,
22 June 2025
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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 4 Jul. 2025.
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