with great difficulty
Figuratively: with great difficulty, with much effort.
(But if there was a known man who is a righteous person, renowned for good deeds, and he appears to have done an act whose every aspect indicates it is a bad deed, and it can be interpreted as a good deed only with great difficulty and by a far possibility—one must interpret it as good…and it is not permitted to suspect him.—Maimonides, Commentary on Pirkei Avot, Chapter 1, 348)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בְּדוֹחַק רַב
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: בְּקוֹשִׁי רַב, בְּמַאֲמָץ קָשֶׁה.
(אֲבָל אִם הָיָה אִישׁ יָדוּעַ שֶׁהוּא צַדִּיק, וּמְפוּרְסָם בְּמַעֲשֶׂה הַטּוֹב, וְנִרְאֶה לוֹ מַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁכָּל תְּכוּנוֹתָיו יוֹרוּ עַל הֱיוֹתוֹ מַעֲשֶׂה רַע, וְאֵין לְהַכְרִיעַ בוֹ שֶׁהוּא מַעֲשֶׂה טוֹב אֶלָּא בְּדוֹחַק רַב מְאֹד וּבְאֶפְשָׁרוּת רְחוֹקָה–צָרִיךְ לְפָרֵשׁ אוֹתוֹ כְּטוֹב...וְאֵין מוּתָר לְחָשְׁדוֹ"–הָרַמְבַּ"ם/ פֵּירוּשׁ לְמַסֶּכֶת אָבוֹת, פֶּרֶק רִאשׁוֹן, 348)