슬그머니

Korean

Etymology

From the root 슬금 (seulgeum).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰɯɭɡɯmʌ̹ni]
• Phonetic hangul: [슬그머니]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seulgeumeoni
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seulgeumeoni
McCune–Reischauer?	sŭlgŭmŏni
Yale Romanization?	sul.kumeni

Adverb

Ablaut/harmonic pair

Yin-form	슬그머니 (seulgeumeoni)
Yang-form	살그머니 (salgeumeoni)

슬그머니 • (seulgeumeoni)

1. stealthily; secretly

   Synonyms: 슬쩍 (seuljjeok), 슬슬 (seulseul), 살며시 (salmyeosi), 가만히 (gamanhi)

   Antonyms: 확 (hwak), 대놓고 (daenoko), 벌컥 (beolkeok)

   고양이가 슬그머니 오더니 밥을 맛있게 먹더군요.

   Goyang'iga seulgeumeoni odeoni babeul masitge meokdeogunyo.

   The cat came stealthily and ate the food deliciously.

2. inwardly; implicitly

   Synonyms: 은근 (eun'geun), 은근히 (eun'geunhi), 넌지시 (neonjisi), 내심 (naesim)

   원체 개를 무서워하는 터라 슬그머니 겁이 납니다.

   Wonche gaereul museowohaneun teora seulgeumeoni geobi namnida.

   I'm scared inside because I'm so afraid of dogs.

Related terms

Sound-symbolic terms derived from 살/슬 (sal/seul-, "lightly, subtly")
Yang-vowel form	Yin-vowel form
살살 (salsal)	슬슬 (seulseul)
살근살근 (salgeunsalgeun)	슬근슬근 (seulgeunseulgeun)
살금살금 (salgeumsalgeum)	슬금슬금 (seulgeumseulgeum)
살며시 (salmyeosi) 살몃살몃 (salmyeotsalmyeot)	슬며시 (seulmyeosi) 슬몃슬몃 (seulmyeotseulmyeot)
살포시 (salposi)	살푸시 (salpusi)
살짝 (saljjak) 살짝살짝 (saljjaksaljjak)	슬쩍 (seuljjeok) 슬쩍슬쩍 (seuljjeokseuljjeok)
사르르 (sareureu)	스르르 (seureureu)