"потихоньку" meaning in Russian

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  "etymology_text": "по (po) + ти́хий (tíxij) + -оньку (-onʹku)",
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      "form": "потихо́ньку",
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      "form": "potixónʹku",
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        "romanization"
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    {
      "form": "потихо́нечку",
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        "diminutive"
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  "pos": "adv",
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      "word": "ти́хий"
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        "silently"
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      "ipa": "[pətʲɪˈxonʲkʊ]"
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      "form": "потихо́ньку",
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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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      "ipa": "[pətʲɪˈxonʲkʊ]"
    },
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