потихоньку

/[pətʲɪˈxonʲkʊ]/
Russianadv

Definitions

  1. 1.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)
  2. 2.silently
  3. 3.gently
  4. 4.on the sly

Forms

  • потихо́нькуcanonical
  • potixónʹkuromanization
  • потихо́нечкуdiminutive

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