Question

The gleaming,sparkling, alluring waters and floors were not easy to handle (rewrite using difficult)

Answer 1

$<b><font color ="sky blue ">the gleaming,sparkling, alluring waters and floors were very difficult to handle$

Answer 2

The gleaming, sparkling, alluring waters and floors were not easy to handle

This sentence if re-written substituting the word difficult will be:

The gleaming, sparkling, alluring waters and floors were difficult to handle

The opposite of the word easy is difficult, so by using the word difficult the true meaning of the sentence has been kept intact without any kind of alteration.