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Achy

//ˈeɪ.ki// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    With or suffering from aches; sore.

    "The achy path leads downhill, bump bump bump, rocks jagged and the climate wetter and colder, till I’m toothless, beyond pain, on a frosty skerry beach, my fingers numb, my lungs flapping like dead leaves."

Adjective
  1. 1
    causing a dull and steady pain wordnet

Etymology

From ache + -y.

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