슬며시

Korean

Of native Korean origin.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	seulmyeosi
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	seulmyeosi
McCune–Reischauer^?	sŭlmyŏsi
Yale Romanization^?	sul.myesi

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form	슬며시 (seulmyeosi)
Yang-form	살며시 (salmyeosi)

슬며시 • (seulmyeosi)

subtly as to not draw attention (often of a negative action)
그는 슬며시 눈치 를 보며 또 음식 을 담아 왔다.
Geuneun seulmyeosi nunchireul bomyeo tto eumsigeul dama watda.
He took a sneaky look and brought food again.

늘 그렇듯이 봄 은 슬며시 왔다가 간다.
Neul geureoteusi bomeun seulmyeosi watdaga ganda.
As always, spring comes and goes quietly.
slowly
찌 가 수면 아래 로 슬며시 잠긴다.
Jjiga sumyeon araero seulmyeosi jamginda.
The float sinks gently into the water.
(of an emotion, often a negative one) while slowly emerging in the mind
나 는 슬며시 화 가 났다.
Naneun seulmyeosi hwaga natda.
I slowly grew angry.

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)