hiipivästi

Finnish

Etymology

hiipivä +‎ -sti

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhiːpiʋæstiˣ/, [ˈhiːpiˌʋæs̠ti(ʔ)]
Rhymes: -æsti
Syllabification^(key): hii‧pi‧väs‧ti

Adverb

hiipivästi (comparative hiipivämmin, superlative hiipivimmin)

in a way that creeps; in a way that happens slowly making it hard to notice

Further reading

“hiipivästi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

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