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Russian
Etymology
From the conjunction посто́льку поско́льку (postólʹku poskólʹku, “insofar as, inasmuch as”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
посто́льку-поско́льку • (postólʹku-poskólʹku)
- (colloquial) partly, a little bit, up to a point; half-heartedly; so-so