потихоньку
/[pətʲɪˈxonʲkʊ]/
Russianadv
Definitions
- 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.silently
- 3.gently
- 4.on the sly
Forms
- потихо́нькуcanonical
- potixónʹkuromanization
- потихо́нечкуdiminutive