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
Synonyms & related words
Related words (2)
- ти́хий
- ти́хо
Etymology
по (po) + ти́хий (tíxij) + -оньку (-onʹku)
Forms
- потихо́нькуcanonical
- potixónʹkuromanization
- потихо́нечкуdiminutive