difficultlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈdɪfᵻkltli/, U.S.

/ˈdɪfəkəltli/

Forms: see difficult adj. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: difficult adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < difficult adj. + -ly suffix².Somewhat rare and generally avoided except in technical use since the early 19th century With sense 1a compare with difficulty at difficulty n. 1a.

a. Not easily or readily; with difficulty.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adverb]

evil1377

painfully1539

difficultly1542

difficillyc1545

evillya1616

stickily1909

1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca Difficile, aduerbium, hardely, difficultly.

1558 F. Withers tr. J. ab Indagine Briefe Introd. Art Chiromancy ii. sig. L.i That natiuity..maketh men..enclined to..such kinde of diseases, as may hardly and difficultlye be cured by the Phisition.

1624 J. Reynolds Vox Cœli 6 Our posterity will difficultly beleeue it.

1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 1 He..was none of the gracefullest of Orators, for his words came difficultly from him.

1685 R. Boyle Ess. Effects of Motion vi. 66 The Mountain Carpathus..said to be much more steep and difficultly accessible than any of the Alps.

1718 H. Prideaux Old & New Test. Connected II. iv. 219 Gorgias difficultly escaping fled to Marisa.

1789 J. Keir First Pt. Dict. Chem. 97 The vapours..are very elastic, and difficultly condensable.

a1843 R. Southey Doctor (1847) VII. 225 Diseases..difficultly distinguishable by their symptoms.

1875 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera V. l. 37 The difficultly reconcileable merits of old times and new things.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 35/1 Readily soluble in water but difficultly soluble in alcohol.

1981 P. Sykes Guidebk. to Mechanism in Org. Chem. (ed. 5) iv. 96 A very much better nucleophile than the small, difficultly polarisable..fluoride ion.

2014 D. Renee Cinderella Not xi. 56 I told myself it was going to be okay and very difficultly tried to calm myself.

b. So as to be difficult to understand; in a complex manner; obscurely. Now somewhat rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adverb]

deeplyc888

highOE

darkOE

dimly?c1225

darklyc1350

mistilya1382

murklya1400

subtlya1500

obscurelya1527

confuselya1530

diffuselyc1530

confusedly?1531

diffusedly1567

difficultly1568

indistinctly1580

enigmatically1590

perplexedly1603

subtilely1605

abstrusely1611

cloudily1651

oracularly1654

perplexly1670

reclusely1673

irrecognizably1841

Pickwickianly1866

delphically1927

1568 V. Skinner tr. R. González de Montes Discouery Inquisition of Spayne f. 14 All thinges are so difficultely reported and so abruptly, so wrested and wroong with such doubtfull termes of double sense and vnderstanding, that a man would iudge him sure neuer well in his wittes that vttered them.

1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) ii. 62 It is a thing as blame worthie to speake dissolutelie, as to speake difficultlie [Fr. que aueques peine].

1632 G. Wither Psalmes of David Pref. to Rdr. sig. A6 How difficultly the Hebrewismes are contracted.

1783 tr. L'Abbé Mably in New Rev. Apr. 282 If, in imitation of what Boileau did by Racine in regard to poetry, I could teach historians to write difficultly.

1875 A. Swinbourne Pict. Logic ix. 58 Things seem to me to be put so difficultly in books.

1949 E. Hemingway Let. 4 Oct. in Sel. Lett. (1981) 678 The greater part of it [sc. Henry James' work] is rather snobbish, difficultly written shit.

1960 W. S. Graham Let. Jan. in Nightfisherman (1999) iv. 169 Now encountering it again..I realise how difficultly I have made it to read.

1988 Sunday Tel. 9 Oct. 20/8 Mr Vansittart's difficultly intricate but richly rewarding mythological novel.

c. So as to be difficult to deal with.

ΚΠ

1673 E. Maynwaring Hist. & Myst. Venereal Lues viii. 89 So much the worse if the part be principal, or seated difficultly, to be applyed unto or to be dealt with.

1775 N. D. Falck Philos. Diss. Diving Vessel 44 I shall not dwell on the raising of a vessel, that has all the advantages which such an unfortunate situation will admit of; since in the sequel, treating of such as are more difficultly situated, it will be obvious what method in such cases is most applicable.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria II. xxii. 146 How restless, how difficultly hidden, the powers of genius are.

1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada iv. 88 We found the ice-angle difficultly steep; but made our way successfully along its edge.

1918 Internat. Abstr. Surg. 27 302/1 This is the operation of choice for all deep-seated mediastinal projectiles or those difficultly situated between the planes of the diaphragm and clavicle.

2010 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 25 June 23/1 The course was playing as difficultly as it had been for the previous week's Argyll and Bute team trophy.

d. So as to be in an awkward or delicate position or situation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adverb] > awkwardly

ungainfullyc1320

awkwardly1674

embarrassedly1799

difficultly1815

embarrassingly1817

1815 Statesman 26 May The friends of the Institution were extremely difficultly situated.

1886 P. O. Hutchinson Diary T. Hutchinson II. 430 These unfortunate people were very difficultly placed.

1918 Railroad Worker July 11/2 We are now difficultly situated and confronted with different procedures and negotiations.

2014 Frontier Post (Nexis) 9 July By every indication they are far more difficultly placed in Afghanistan.

†2. Unwillingly, reluctantly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [adverb]

unwillc893

uneathc900

unthankc960

latelyOE

against a person's willa1225

loatha1340

grutchingly1340

at one's unthanksa1400

wandsomely?a1400

at (or again) one's unwillesc1400

uneathsa1425

unwilfully1435

invitec1450

tarrowinglyc1480

scantly1509

nicely1530

tarryingly1530

unwillingly?1531

loathly1547

faintly1548

evil-willingly1549

grudgingly1549

difficultly1551

loathsomely1561

dangerously1573

ill-willing1579

backwardlya1586

costively1598

with an ill will1601

with (a) bad (also ill) grace1614

sadly1622

tenderlya1628

reluctantly1646

shyly1701

uncheerfully1754

à contre-coeur1803

shrinkingly1817

retractatively1851

begrudgingly1853

forcibly1867

loathfully1887

tharfly1894

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Kv^v I knowe howe dyffncultlye [sic] and hardelye [L. quam aegre] I meselfe wolde haue beleued.

1614 T. Lodge tr. Seneca Of Benefits in tr. Seneca Wks. 2 Hath..either..denied, or promised but difficultly..with strained and reproachful words.

1677 T. Otway Cheats of Scapin ii. i, in Titus & Berenice sig. H2 How easily a Miser swallows a Load, and how difficultly he disgorges a Grain.

1683 J. Nalson Present Interest Eng. 44 Which they now difficultly acknowledge, it is easie to foresee.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	difficultly
释义	difficultlyadv. Brit. /ˈdɪfᵻkltli/, U.S. /ˈdɪfəkəltli/ Forms: see difficult adj. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: difficult adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < difficult adj. + -ly suffix².Somewhat rare and generally avoided except in technical use since the early 19th century With sense 1a compare with difficulty at difficulty n. 1a. 1. a. Not easily or readily; with difficulty. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adverb] evil1377 painfully1539 difficultly1542 difficillyc1545 evillya1616 stickily1909 1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca Difficile, aduerbium, hardely, difficultly. 1558 F. Withers tr. J. ab Indagine Briefe Introd. Art Chiromancy ii. sig. L.i That natiuity..maketh men..enclined to..such kinde of diseases, as may hardly and difficultlye be cured by the Phisition. 1624 J. Reynolds Vox Cœli 6 Our posterity will difficultly beleeue it. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 1 He..was none of the gracefullest of Orators, for his words came difficultly from him. 1685 R. Boyle Ess. Effects of Motion vi. 66 The Mountain Carpathus..said to be much more steep and difficultly accessible than any of the Alps. 1718 H. Prideaux Old & New Test. Connected II. iv. 219 Gorgias difficultly escaping fled to Marisa. 1789 J. Keir First Pt. Dict. Chem. 97 The vapours..are very elastic, and difficultly condensable. a1843 R. Southey Doctor (1847) VII. 225 Diseases..difficultly distinguishable by their symptoms. 1875 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera V. l. 37 The difficultly reconcileable merits of old times and new things. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 35/1 Readily soluble in water but difficultly soluble in alcohol. 1981 P. Sykes Guidebk. to Mechanism in Org. Chem. (ed. 5) iv. 96 A very much better nucleophile than the small, difficultly polarisable..fluoride ion. 2014 D. Renee Cinderella Not xi. 56 I told myself it was going to be okay and very difficultly tried to calm myself. b. So as to be difficult to understand; in a complex manner; obscurely. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adverb] deeplyc888 highOE darkOE dimly?c1225 darklyc1350 mistilya1382 murklya1400 subtlya1500 obscurelya1527 confuselya1530 diffuselyc1530 confusedly?1531 diffusedly1567 difficultly1568 indistinctly1580 enigmatically1590 perplexedly1603 subtilely1605 abstrusely1611 cloudily1651 oracularly1654 perplexly1670 reclusely1673 irrecognizably1841 Pickwickianly1866 delphically1927 1568 V. Skinner tr. R. González de Montes Discouery Inquisition of Spayne f. 14 All thinges are so difficultely reported and so abruptly, so wrested and wroong with such doubtfull termes of double sense and vnderstanding, that a man would iudge him sure neuer well in his wittes that vttered them. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) ii. 62 It is a thing as blame worthie to speake dissolutelie, as to speake difficultlie [Fr. que aueques peine]. 1632 G. Wither Psalmes of David Pref. to Rdr. sig. A6 How difficultly the Hebrewismes are contracted. 1783 tr. L'Abbé Mably in New Rev. Apr. 282 If, in imitation of what Boileau did by Racine in regard to poetry, I could teach historians to write difficultly. 1875 A. Swinbourne Pict. Logic ix. 58 Things seem to me to be put so difficultly in books. 1949 E. Hemingway Let. 4 Oct. in Sel. Lett. (1981) 678 The greater part of it [sc. Henry James' work] is rather snobbish, difficultly written shit. 1960 W. S. Graham Let. Jan. in Nightfisherman (1999) iv. 169 Now encountering it again..I realise how difficultly I have made it to read. 1988 Sunday Tel. 9 Oct. 20/8 Mr Vansittart's difficultly intricate but richly rewarding mythological novel. c. So as to be difficult to deal with. ΚΠ 1673 E. Maynwaring Hist. & Myst. Venereal Lues viii. 89 So much the worse if the part be principal, or seated difficultly, to be applyed unto or to be dealt with. 1775 N. D. Falck Philos. Diss. Diving Vessel 44 I shall not dwell on the raising of a vessel, that has all the advantages which such an unfortunate situation will admit of; since in the sequel, treating of such as are more difficultly situated, it will be obvious what method in such cases is most applicable. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria II. xxii. 146 How restless, how difficultly hidden, the powers of genius are. 1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada iv. 88 We found the ice-angle difficultly steep; but made our way successfully along its edge. 1918 Internat. Abstr. Surg. 27 302/1 This is the operation of choice for all deep-seated mediastinal projectiles or those difficultly situated between the planes of the diaphragm and clavicle. 2010 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 25 June 23/1 The course was playing as difficultly as it had been for the previous week's Argyll and Bute team trophy. d. So as to be in an awkward or delicate position or situation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adverb] > awkwardly ungainfullyc1320 awkwardly1674 embarrassedly1799 difficultly1815 embarrassingly1817 1815 Statesman 26 May The friends of the Institution were extremely difficultly situated. 1886 P. O. Hutchinson Diary T. Hutchinson II. 430 These unfortunate people were very difficultly placed. 1918 Railroad Worker July 11/2 We are now difficultly situated and confronted with different procedures and negotiations. 2014 Frontier Post (Nexis) 9 July By every indication they are far more difficultly placed in Afghanistan. †2. Unwillingly, reluctantly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [adverb] unwillc893 uneathc900 unthankc960 latelyOE against a person's willa1225 loatha1340 grutchingly1340 at one's unthanksa1400 wandsomely?a1400 at (or again) one's unwillesc1400 uneathsa1425 unwilfully1435 invitec1450 tarrowinglyc1480 scantly1509 nicely1530 tarryingly1530 unwillingly?1531 loathly1547 faintly1548 evil-willingly1549 grudgingly1549 difficultly1551 loathsomely1561 dangerously1573 ill-willing1579 backwardlya1586 costively1598 with an ill will1601 with (a) bad (also ill) grace1614 sadly1622 tenderlya1628 reluctantly1646 shyly1701 uncheerfully1754 à contre-coeur1803 shrinkingly1817 retractatively1851 begrudgingly1853 forcibly1867 loathfully1887 tharfly1894 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Kv^v I knowe howe dyffncultlye [sic] and hardelye [L. quam aegre] I meselfe wolde haue beleued. 1614 T. Lodge tr. Seneca Of Benefits in tr. Seneca Wks. 2 Hath..either..denied, or promised but difficultly..with strained and reproachful words. 1677 T. Otway Cheats of Scapin ii. i, in Titus & Berenice sig. H2 How easily a Miser swallows a Load, and how difficultly he disgorges a Grain. 1683 J. Nalson Present Interest Eng. 44 Which they now difficultly acknowledge, it is easie to foresee. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1542
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