потихоньку | |
gen. | silently; noiselessly; inchmeal; easy; bit by bit; on the sly |
uncom. | on tiptoe |
полегоньку | |
inf. | little by little |
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⇒ понемногу; мало-помалу; не спеша; по мере возможности | |||
silently; noiselessly (Азери); inchmeal (little by little "Judy fights against her own body to accomplish the smallest tasks, fighting battles inchmeal in a war she'll never win." – Serena Donadoni, The Village Voice, 22 June 2018 VLZ_58); easy (о действии, требующем острожности: Easy, easy... – Потихоньку, потихоньку... ART Vancouver); bit by bit (kiselmann); on the sly; sotto voce; by sly degrees; on the quiet; stealthily (Tink); quietly (Pickman); by stealth (Супру); slow and steady (напр., продвигаться осторожно и не спеша 4uzhoj); nice and easy (4uzhoj); one step at a time (Taras); nice and slow (4uzhoj); slowly; secretly | |||
baby steps (Taras) | |||
softly | |||
in dribs and drabs (4uzhoj) | |||
about six and six (в ответ на "как дела" 13.05); getting by (в ответ на "как дела?" 4uzhoj); plugging along ("How are you doing, Fred?" "Just plugging along, thanks." "And you?" "About the same." VLZ_58); so far, so good (в ответ на "как дела" 4uzhoj); gradually | |||
handsomely | |||
on tiptoe (Супру) |
потихоньку: 48 phrases in 8 subjects |
American usage, not spelling | 1 |
Australian | 1 |
Figurative | 1 |
General | 18 |
Informal | 4 |
Makarov | 19 |
Obsolete / dated | 3 |
Quotes and aphorisms | 1 |