"потихоньку" meaning in All languages combined

See потихоньку on Wiktionary

Adverb [Russian]

IPA: [pətʲɪˈxonʲkʊ] Audio: Ru-потихоньку.ogg Forms: потихо́ньку [canonical], potixónʹku [romanization], потихо́нечку [diminutive]
Etymology: по (po) + ти́хий (tíxij) + -оньку (-onʹku) Etymology templates: {{af|ru|по|ти́хий|-онька|alt3=-оньку}} по (po) + ти́хий (tíxij) + -оньку (-onʹku) Head templates: {{ru-adv|потихо́ньку|dim=потихо́нечку}} потихо́ньку • (potixónʹku) (diminutive потихо́нечку)
  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)
    Sense id: en-потихоньку-ru-adv-adhuyxZV
  2. silently
    Sense id: en-потихоньку-ru-adv-arbB-a9-
  3. gently
    Sense id: en-потихоньку-ru-adv-zxu4IZ7B
  4. on the sly
    Sense id: en-потихоньку-ru-adv-nP2FkD3c Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian terms suffixed with -онька Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 0 2 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 0 2 72 Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 21 0 9 70 Disambiguation of Russian terms suffixed with -онька: 22 0 9 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ти́хий (tíxij), ти́хо (tíxo)
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    {
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        "2": "по",
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        "4": "-онька",
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      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "потихо́ньку",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "potixónʹku",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "потихо́нечку",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "name": "ru-adv"
    }
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  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tíxij",
      "word": "ти́хий"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tíxo",
      "word": "ти́хо"
    }
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        "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)"
      ],
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        [
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        [
          "so-so",
          "so-so"
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          "как дела",
          "как дела"
        ]
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        "silently"
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        [
          "silently",
          "silently"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gently"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "gently",
          "gently"
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          "_dis": "25 0 2 72",
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          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "21 0 9 70",
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "_dis": "22 0 9 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian terms suffixed with -онька",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "on the sly"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "on the sly",
          "on the sly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[pətʲɪˈxonʲkʊ]"
    },
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    }
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}
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    "Russian compound terms",
    "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Russian lemmas",
    "Russian terms suffixed with -онька",
    "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
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      },
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    }
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "потихо́нечку",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "ru-adv"
    }
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  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "adv",
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    },
    {
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    }
  ],
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    {
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        "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)"
      ],
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        [
          "OK",
          "OK"
        ],
        [
          "so-so",
          "so-so"
        ],
        [
          "как дела",
          "как дела"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        [
          "silently",
          "silently"
        ]
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    },
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gently",
          "gently"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "on the sly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "on the sly",
          "on the sly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[pətʲɪˈxonʲkʊ]"
    },
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    }
  ],
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}

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