† difficillyadv.
Obsolete.
In a difficult manner; with difficulty.
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evillya1616
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c1545 R. Copland tr. P. Tommai Art of Memory sig. A.ivv Nor shall nat folowe the fruyt of this art but dyfficylly, and slowly, howbeit all good and chast men are except.
1565 J. Hall Expositiue Table 136 in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. For swete wyne as it consisteth of grosse partes, so doth it difficilly breath out of the body.
1613 A. Sherley Relation Trav. Persia 99 Princes difficilly speak of peace while they feele themselues able to make warres.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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