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Russian
Etymology
Per Vasmer, from earlier и́сподоволь (íspodovolʹ), from ис- (is-) + по- (po-) + дово́ль(но) (dovólʹ(no)).
Pronunciation
Adverb
и́сподволь • (íspodvolʹ)
- (colloquial) little by little, gradually, by degrees
1862, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 15”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:А́нна терпели́во выноси́ла все причу́ды тётки, и́сподволь занима́лась воспита́нием сестры́ и, каза́лось, уже́ примири́лась с мы́слию увя́нуть в глуши́…- Ánna terpelívo vynosíla vse pričúdy tjótki, íspodvolʹ zanimálasʹ vospitánijem sestrý i, kazálosʹ, užé primirílasʹ s mýsliju uvjánutʹ v gluší…
- Anna patiently put up with all her aunt's caprices, gradually set to work on her sister's education and, it seemed, was already reconciled to the idea of fading away in the wilderness . . .
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “исподволь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress