Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With difficulty: as, gutta-percha is difficultly soluble in chloroform.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb With difficulty.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
difficult manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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If you are having difficultly, keep it short and simple as there is no sense in padding the paragraph and risk losing your reader.
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The Democratic candidate, Assemblyman David Weprin , has met with unexpected difficultly from Republican Bob Turner —and the once-sleepy race is now considered a possible measure of national disaffection with President Barack Obama.
Cash Pours Into Weiner Race Devlin Barrett 2011
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Incidentally, the actual article bearing the difficultly-worded headline is available here.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Google’s Computer Might Betters Translation Tool” 2010
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The study ruled out individuals who are depressed or suicidal or have some form of cognitive impairment as they may have difficultly giving articulate or meaningful answers.
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The biggest difficultly of course is in milling the lower receiver to accept a fifth FCG component — the auto sear.
The Volokh Conspiracy » President Calderon’s claim about “assault weapons” 2010
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The current model of having clothing made in in the third world with several middlemen and huge profits is well established and anything new will be difficult - particularly when one has the difficultly of getting good measurements (unless you use a tailor or scanning booth, measurements by hand are not terribly accurate), a time gap of several weeks before you see the product, and a higher price.
tingilinde: 2009
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Interestingly, the difficultly of transportation is driving more of the new middle class to the web.
Steve Rosenbaum: Brazil. Tech Forward - In A Social Sort Of Way. Steve Rosenbaum 2011
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Interestingly, the difficultly of transportation is driving more of the new middle class to the web.
Steve Rosenbaum: Brazil. Tech Forward - In A Social Sort Of Way. Steve Rosenbaum 2011
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The current model of having clothing made in in the third world with several middlemen and huge profits is well established and anything new will be difficult - particularly when one has the difficultly of getting good measurements (unless you use a tailor or scanning booth, measurements by hand are not terribly accurate), a time gap of several weeks before you see the product, and a higher price.
clothing that fits 2009
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The biggest difficultly of course is in milling the lower receiver to accept a fifth FCG component — the auto sear.
The Volokh Conspiracy » President Calderon’s claim about “assault weapons” 2010
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