потихоньку
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Russian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]по (po) + ти́хий (tíxij) + -оньку (-onʹku)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]потихо́ньку • (potixónʹku) (diminutive потихо́нечку)
- OK, so-so (in answer to the question, "как дела?" ("How are you?"), the response "потихоньку"—"OK" or "I'm getting along okay"—implies that things could be better and could be worse)
- silently
- gently
- on the sly