втихомолку

Russian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ftʲɪxɐˈmoɫkʊ]

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.
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