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Czech
Etymology
po + očko, from the phrase po očku.
Pronunciation
Adverb
poočku (not comparable) (adverbial compound)
- furtively (when describing the way of watching somebody or something)
2005, Jiří Bílek, První kníže, Praha: Ikar, →ISBN, page 88:Stařešina se poočku podíval na muže, který šel po jeho boku.- The elder looked furtively at the man walking next to him.
- once in a while; not very carefully (when describing the way of watching somebody or something)
1991, František Fajtl, Létal jsem s Třistatřináctkou, Praha: Naše vojsko, →ISBN, page 132:V nádherné dohlednosti se blížíme k městu Lille. Sleduji je poočku, největší zájem věnuji nebi.- We are approaching the city of Lille, while the range of vision is fantastic. I look at it once in a while, most of my interest is focused on the sky.
Synonyms
Further reading
- “poočku”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)