Turkish

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Etymology

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From güç (force, strength; difficult, hard) +‎ -lük (-ness) +‎ -le (instrumental suffix), equivalent to güçlük +‎ ile.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɟyt͡ʃˈlyc.le/
  • Hyphenation: güç‧lük‧le

Adverb

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güçlükle

  1. Not easily; with difficulty, with great difficulty, hardly, laboriously.
    Synonyms: güç, gücü gücüne, güç bela, zorlukla, zar zor, zor bela, öle dirile
    Sınavdan önceki gece güçlükle uyuyabildim.I managed to sleep with (great) difficulty the night before the exam.
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