Adjective

1. Not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
2. Dispassionate
3. Resisting weight or pressure
4. Produced without vibration of the vocal cords
5. (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
6. (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum

Adverb

1. With effort or force or vigor
2. With firmness
3. Earnestly or intently
4. Causing great damage or hardship
5. Slowly and with difficulty
6. Indulging excessively
7. Into a solid condition
8. Very near or close in space or time
9. With pain or distress or bitterness
10. To the full extent possible; all the way