achinglyadv.
/ˈeɪkɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈeɪkɪŋli/ In an aching manner; so as to cause continuous dull pain; figurative acutely, intensely.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > [adverb]
sore1297
longingly1435
sithingly1570
yearningly1625
achingly1765
longfully1850
yearnfully1876
the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adverb] > ache
achingly1765
obtusely1822
1765 Coventry Museum 13 July 113/2 His new attachment..was too palpable to be witheld from the achingly inquisitive observations of an extravagant love.
1766 H. Kelly Wks. (1778) 387 A nice extertion..requires the eye all achingly distrest.
1833 New Monthly Mag. 37 343 It is too achingly brilliant—it wants repose.
1873 R. Broughton Nancy III. 216 My eyes—dry now, achingly dry—flashing a wretched hostility back into his.
1881 E. Coxon Basil Plant II. 106 He wanted it, craved for it acheingly.
1920 C. Carswell Open Door! i. i. 14 She was achingly aware of her own shortcomings.
1960 ‘S. Harvester’ Chinese Hammer xxv. 202 A cluster of Marwari women was achingly brilliant in rainbow-coloured saris.
2006 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 13 July g2 The most achingly exquisite chorus, sung in a reachingly expressive falsetto.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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