Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

difficultly

/dˈɪfəkəltli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables: dif-fi-cult-ly
IPA: /dˈɪfəkəltli/

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

With difficulty; not easily.

Archaic

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

Etymology tree English difficult Middle English -ly English -ly English difficultly From difficult + -ly.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more difficultly (comparative) most difficultly (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce difficultly?: The recorded pronunciation is /dˈɪfəkəltli/.
What does difficultly mean?: With difficulty; not easily.
Where does difficultly come from?: Etymology tree English difficult Middle English -ly English -ly English difficultly From difficult + -ly.

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