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difficulty (iou)



difficulty noun. LME.
[Latin difficultas, formed as DIF- + facultas: see FACULTY noun. Also infl. by French difficulte.]
The quality, fact, or condition of requiring effort or skill. LME.
J. Thurber Peifer twisted around on the sofa, slowly and with difficulty.
Reluctance, unwillingness; an objection. obsolete exc. in make a difficulty etc. below. LME.
F. Vere Her Majesty..with some difficulty (as her manner was) granted the men to be levied.
Something difficult; a hindrance; an obscure point. LME.
R. Macaulay The jeep..solved all our transport difficulties.
Perplexing character, obscurity. E16.
Yeats A book whose difficulty had offended indolence.
sing. & in pl. A condition in which action or progress is difficult, esp. a shortage of money. E18.
S. Smiles A serious difficulty occurred between him and his wife on this very point. Times One of America's biggest banks..was in difficulties.
Phrases: make a difficulty, make difficulties, make difficulty show reluctance, be unaccommodating.