втихомолку

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Russian

Pronunciation

Adverb

втихомо́лку (vtixomólku)

  1. quietly
    • 1859, Иван Тургенев, “Глава 7”, in Дворянское гнездо; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., A House of Gentlefolk, 1917:
      Все встали и отправились на террасу, за исключением Гедеоновского, который втихомолку удалился.
      Vse vstali i otpravilisʹ na terrasu, za isključenijem Gedeonovskovo, kotoryj vtixomolku udalilsja.
      Every one got up and went out on to the terrace, except Gedeonovsky, who quietly took his departure.

References

  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1968), “втихомолку”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), volume 1, number 3 (В), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 207

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