Synonyms for difficultly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : dif-i-kuhlt, -kuhlt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪf ɪˌkʌlt, -kəlt


Définition of difficultly

Origin :
  • c.1400, apparently a back-formation from difficulty. French has difficile, Latin difficilis. Of persons, "hard to please," from 1580s.
  • adv hard
Example sentences :
  • Relinquish, now, the hopes so long pursued,—so difficultly caught?
  • Extract from : « The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) » by Fanny Burney
  • “He told me there was no reason why I should not try my luck,” he said difficultly.
  • Extract from : « The Valiants of Virginia » by Hallie Erminie Rives
  • The radial may be so deeply situated in the wrist of a fat subject that it is difficultly palpable.
  • Extract from : « Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: » by Louis Marshall Warfield
  • Arecaidine forms white crystals easily soluble in water, and difficultly soluble in alcohol.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 6 » by Various
  • By adding nitric acid to the solution, the chrysaniline is thrown down in the form of a difficultly soluble nitrate.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • In weathering, the difficultly decomposable precious stones have not been attacked, or attacked only to a limited extent.
  • Extract from : « The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II » by A.E. Nordenskieold
  • I refer to the instinctive and difficultly controlled impulse to shoot too quickly when the bird rises.
  • Extract from : « Fishing and Shooting Sketches » by Grover Cleveland
  • This last class is sometimes subdivided into those which are easily, and those which are difficultly fused.
  • Extract from : « The Mosaic History of the Creation of the World » by Thomas Wood
  • It is manifest that a court would subsist as difficultly without this kind of coin as a trading city without paper credit.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Henry Fielding; vol. xi » by Henry Fielding
  • This is insoluble in water, also in chloroform, and difficultly soluble in alcohol.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley

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