Difficult
Difficult adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Usage example: difficult questions on the exam that required analytical thinking
Manageable is an antonym for difficult in topics: hard, complicated, unmanageable socially, hard to do.
Nearby Word: difficulty
Manageable
Manageable adjective - Capable of being managed or controlled.
Both words in one sentence
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While Final Fantasy III is difficult throughout, the back-to-back dungeons Crystal Tower/Dark World turns it from "difficult but manageable" to "9th circle of hell".
Source: Difficulty Spike - The World Ends with You, while manageable for most of the story, gets unusually difficult at the end.
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Mogu'shan Vaults begins with the fairly difficult Stone Guard, but then has the more manageable Feng the Accursed, Gara'jal the Spiritbinder, and Spirit Kings.
Source: Difficulty Spike
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