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Definition of achingly in English: achinglyadverb ˈeɪkɪŋliˈākiNGlē usually as submodifier In a way that arouses or expresses intense sorrow or longing. the letters are achingly tender an achingly beautiful piece of music Example sentencesExamples - Some scenes, such as their dance in a graveyard amid falling snow, are achingly beautiful.
- He made a convincing transition from bored prince to a man in love, awakening his princess with an achingly tender kiss.
- He is startling in the role of Jed, an achingly vulnerable figure who is tenderhearted, sympathetic, yet still very dangerous.
- The author does her justice in this highly readable, achingly honest portrait.
- It is dutifully cast with an achingly rich passion that these days seems strictly in short supply.
- This version of the achingly optimistic Broadway standard is well worth whatever sleuthing may be required to track it down.
- Those who defended the judicial lynch are now celebrated by scholars in achingly correct modern English departments as "progressive thinkers."
- The doctor with his motherless sons, so full of promise in the beginning, is the one steady presence whose decline we achingly watch and empathize with.
- The adagio has a poignancy that is achingly beautiful.
- To my contemporary ears, the plea sounds achingly, foolishly optimistic.
Definition of achingly in US English: achinglyadverbˈākiNGlē usually as submodifier In a way that arouses or expresses intense sorrow or longing. the letters are achingly tender an achingly beautiful piece of music Example sentencesExamples - He made a convincing transition from bored prince to a man in love, awakening his princess with an achingly tender kiss.
- To my contemporary ears, the plea sounds achingly, foolishly optimistic.
- It is dutifully cast with an achingly rich passion that these days seems strictly in short supply.
- The doctor with his motherless sons, so full of promise in the beginning, is the one steady presence whose decline we achingly watch and empathize with.
- Those who defended the judicial lynch are now celebrated by scholars in achingly correct modern English departments as "progressive thinkers."
- The author does her justice in this highly readable, achingly honest portrait.
- The adagio has a poignancy that is achingly beautiful.
- This version of the achingly optimistic Broadway standard is well worth whatever sleuthing may be required to track it down.
- Some scenes, such as their dance in a graveyard amid falling snow, are achingly beautiful.
- He is startling in the role of Jed, an achingly vulnerable figure who is tenderhearted, sympathetic, yet still very dangerous.
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