2
hardly
1
awkwardly
1
complexly
1
difficultly
1
harassingly
1
intricately(adverb, tortuously)
1
knottily
1
pointedly
1
problematically
1
spikily
1
spinily
1
spinously
1
stickily
1
stingingly
1
ticklishly
1
toughly
1
trickily
1
troublesomely
1
with difficulty(expression, idiom)
0
awkward
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