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ear-achingly en · ADV

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1. In such a way to cause earache.
   • Next she began making humming noises in an ear-achingly high-pitched tone. It was like someone running their fingers along the rim of a glass. 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], “The Smell of Old Books”, in Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 41:

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