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( UK ) IPA (key ) : /wɪð ˈdɪfɪkʊlti/ , /wɪð ˈdɪfɪkʌlti/
Prepositional phrase [ edit ]
with difficulty
In a way that requires significant effort .
Cold butter is spreadable, but only with difficulty if the bread is soft.
Sometimes used with great : with great difficulty .
having difficulty
Bulgarian: трудно (bg) ( trudno )
Catalan: amb prou feines , difícilment (ca) , amb penes i treballs
Chinese:
Mandarin: 難於 / 难于 ( nányú ) , 難以 / 难以 (zh) ( nányǐ )
Dutch: met moeite , moeilijk (nl)
Esperanto: malfacile
Estonian: raskustega
Finnish: vaivoin (fi) , vaivalloisesti (fi) , tuskin (fi) , vaikeasti (fi)
French: difficilement (fr) , à grand-peine (fr) , avec difficulté
Galician: dificilmente
German: mit Mühe , mühsam (de)
Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌿𐌱𐌰 ( agluba )
Greek: δύσκολα (el) ( dýskola )
Ancient: χαλεπῶς ( khalepôs ) , μόγις ( mógis )
Latin: difficiliter
Norman: difficilement
Polish: z trudem , z biedą ( colloquial )
Portuguese: dificilmente (pt)
Romanian: cu greu , dificil (ro) , în mod dificil
Russian: с трудо́м (ru) ( s trudóm ) , тру́дно (ru) ( trúdno ) , тяжело́ (ru) ( tjaželó ) , наси́лу (ru) ( nasílu )
Scottish Gaelic: air èiginn
Spanish: difícilmente (es)
Ukrainian: ва́жко (uk) ( vážko ) , тя́жко ( tjážko )
Yiddish: כּקריעת־ים־סוף (yi) ( kekriyes-yam-suf )