achingly


Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Idioms, Encyclopedia.

ach·ing

 (ā′kĭng)
adj.
1. Dully painful.
2. Full of painful yearning or sorrow: an aching heart.

ach′ing·ly adv.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations

achingly

[ˈeɪkɪŋli] adv [beautiful, funny, slow] → à pleurer
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

achingly

advschmerzlich; achingly slowquälend langsam
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
Who knew that my red 1980s jacket with huge shoulder pads and gold buttons was so achingly on-trend when worn the right way?
Piercingly observant, gloriously funny and achingly sad, this is David Nicholls' best book
(I suspect they could get the same amount of plot in half the time if they cut out the loooong pauses between slooow line-readings and curtailed the achingly drawn-out camera moves).
It took British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber-Time magazine dubbed him 'the Magician of the Musical'-to transform the old French warhorse into a spectacular sung-through musical, with crashing chandeliers and all, underground caves, special effects, riveting sets, highly romantic, affecting lyrics-and, best of all, an achingly beautiful score.
The Archbishop of Canterbury is an eminently sensible and thoroughly decent bloke, so why he has allowed himself to sign up to this achingly PC gibberish remains a mystery" Broadcaster Nick Ferrari
W1A is a wicked send-up of the achingly politically correct world of the BBC.
An intangible value that seems to have the kind of elasticity that is physically incomprehensible: achingly long, drawn and seemingly infinite when you're waiting for that phone call, and practically absent when you have an urgent job to do.
Whether speaking through divorce lawyers, bartenders, or audacious call girls, the acclaimed author of The Audition captures the unique flavor of the city through his cutting dialogue and often achingly beautiful descriptions.
If there's one thing this town desperately needs it is an achingly smart bar, preferably staffed by people who don't think White Russians were something to do with the Bolshevik Revolution.
The youngster is transfixed by her uber-hip sibling-to-be who is squatting in an achingly cool apartment.
We ogle, of course, at the gilded bombast of Studio 54, but later arrive at the austere, monochrome, achingly cool restraint of the Public Chicago.
MARVEL AVENGERS...TRUE ROMANCE tCM 9PM A Tarantino script, Tony Scott's visual panache and an achingly hip cast deliver a 90s classic that was, for me, even better than Pulp Fiction.