потихоньку

Russian

adv
Definitions
  • 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)
  • silently
  • gently
  • on the sly

Etymology

Affix from Russian по (after) + Russian ти́хий.

Origin

Russian

ти́хий

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