"помаленьку" meaning in Russian

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "по",
        "3": "маленький",
        "alt2": "мале́ньку"
      },
      "expansion": "по (po) + мале́ньку (malénʹku)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "ма́ленький"
      },
      "expansion": "ма́ленький (málenʹkij)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From по (po) + мале́ньку (malénʹku), perhaps an obsolete short dative form of ма́ленький (málenʹkij), with stress shift.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "помале́ньку",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pomalénʹku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "помале́ньку"
      },
      "expansion": "помале́ньку • (pomalénʹku)",
      "name": "ru-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "po",
      "word": "по"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mályj",
      "word": "ма́лый"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "málo",
      "word": "ма́ло"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "málostʹ",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́лость"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "málenʹkij",
      "word": "ма́ленький"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "malýš",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "малы́ш"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "málʹčik",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́льчик"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "malʹčíška",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мальчи́шка"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "malʹčíšeskij",
      "word": "мальчи́шеский"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "99 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "little by little, gradually"
      ],
      "id": "en-помаленьку-ru-adv-w1hzQ-EP",
      "links": [
        [
          "little by little",
          "little by little"
        ],
        [
          "gradually",
          "gradually"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) little by little, gradually"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "so-so, tolerable"
      ],
      "id": "en-помаленьку-ru-adv-eMLdP9iD",
      "links": [
        [
          "so-so",
          "so-so"
        ],
        [
          "tolerable",
          "tolerable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) so-so, tolerable"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[pəmɐˈlʲenʲkʊ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "помаленьку"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Russian 4-syllable words",
    "Russian adverbs",
    "Russian compound terms",
    "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Russian lemmas",
    "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "по",
        "3": "маленький",
        "alt2": "мале́ньку"
      },
      "expansion": "по (po) + мале́ньку (malénʹku)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "ма́ленький"
      },
      "expansion": "ма́ленький (málenʹkij)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From по (po) + мале́ньку (malénʹku), perhaps an obsolete short dative form of ма́ленький (málenʹkij), with stress shift.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "помале́ньку",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pomalénʹku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "помале́ньку"
      },
      "expansion": "помале́ньку • (pomalénʹku)",
      "name": "ru-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "po",
      "word": "по"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mályj",
      "word": "ма́лый"
    },
    {
      "roman": "málo",
      "word": "ма́ло"
    },
    {
      "roman": "málostʹ",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́лость"
    },
    {
      "roman": "málenʹkij",
      "word": "ма́ленький"
    },
    {
      "roman": "malýš",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "малы́ш"
    },
    {
      "roman": "málʹčik",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́льчик"
    },
    {
      "roman": "malʹčíška",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мальчи́шка"
    },
    {
      "roman": "malʹčíšeskij",
      "word": "мальчи́шеский"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Russian colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "little by little, gradually"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "little by little",
          "little by little"
        ],
        [
          "gradually",
          "gradually"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) little by little, gradually"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Russian colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "so-so, tolerable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "so-so",
          "so-so"
        ],
        [
          "tolerable",
          "tolerable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) so-so, tolerable"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[pəmɐˈlʲenʲkʊ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "помаленьку"
}