1
: in an aching manner
achingly sad songs
2
: extremely, exceedingly
achingly complicated
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an achingly funny movie
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Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One A game of vivid Canadian wilderness stippled with salmon sunsets and flashes of evergreens, The Long Dark offers an achingly beautiful survival experience, but a brutal one nonetheless.
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Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 9 July 2025
What tethers the film to reality are the accomplished performances of Billy Barratt and Sora Wong, who make Andy and Piper achingly vulnerable and real.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 May 2025
The movie ends with Ani and one of the enforcers, the gentlemanly Igor (Yura Borisov), sharing an embrace, although their future together seems achingly tenuous.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
Large swaths of the country will soon be achingly short of power in times of extreme cold or abnormal heat, according to forecasts from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
—Llewellyn King, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
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Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 9 July 2025
What tethers the film to reality are the accomplished performances of Billy Barratt and Sora Wong, who make Andy and Piper achingly vulnerable and real.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 May 2025
The movie ends with Ani and one of the enforcers, the gentlemanly Igor (Yura Borisov), sharing an embrace, although their future together seems achingly tenuous.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
Large swaths of the country will soon be achingly short of power in times of extreme cold or abnormal heat, according to forecasts from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
—Llewellyn King, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
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“Achingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/achingly. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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