difficultly

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adverb

With difficulty; not easily.

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Meanings

adverbdifficultly (comparative more difficultly, superlative most difficultly)

comparative more difficultly · superlative most difficultly

  1. archaicWith difficulty; not easily.

    In fact, we regard these efforts as insults on our understanding, and to such the pride of man is very difficultly brought to submit.

    1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Origin

From difficult + -ly.

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APA

difficultly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/difficultly

MLA

“difficultly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/difficultly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “difficultly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/difficultly.

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