потихоньку

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adverb
  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…
  2. silently
  3. gently
  4. on the sly

Forms

adverb

diminutiveпотихо́нечку

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