Definition of difficulty

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Difficulty (n.) The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty..

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Unethes :: Unethes (adv.) With difficulty; scarcely. See Uneath.
Succor :: Succor (v. t.) Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress..
Struggle :: Struggle (v. i.) To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress.
Lug :: Lug (v. i.) To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud..
Perplexity :: Perplexity (n.) The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt.
Bay :: Bay (v. i.) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible..
Quicksand :: Quicksand (n.) Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it..
Difficulty :: Difficulty (n.) The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty..
Conveniently :: Conveniently (adv.) In a convenient manner, form, or situation; without difficulty..
Cynanche :: Cynanche (n.) Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing..
Danger :: Danger (n.) Difficulty; sparingness.
Corner :: Corner (v. t.) To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument..
Hobble :: Hobble (n.) Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.
Adroit :: Adroit (a.) Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficulty; ready in invention or execution; -- applied to persons and to acts; as, an adroit mechanic, an adroit reply..
Spell :: Spell (v. t.) To discover by characters or marks; to read with difficulty; -- usually with out; as, to spell out the sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible..
Easily :: Easily (adv.) With ease; without difficulty or much effort; as, this task may be easily performed; that event might have been easily foreseen..
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged..
Inconvenience :: Inconvenience (n.) That which gives trouble, embarrassment, or uneasiness; disadvantage; anything that disturbs quiet, impedes prosperity, or increases the difficulty of action or success; as, one inconvenience of life is poverty..
Stick :: Stick (v. i.) To remain where placed; to be fixed; to hold fast to any position so as to be moved with difficulty; to cling; to abide; to cleave; to be united closely.
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