difficultly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English difficult

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English difficultly

From difficult + -ly.

Adverb

difficultly (comparative more difficultly, superlative most difficultly)

1. (archaic) With difficulty; not easily.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

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

Translations

with difficulty — see with difficulty