ear-achingly

adv

ear-achingly

adv

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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