исподтишка

Russian

Etymology

из-под (iz-pod) +‎ тишка́ (tišká), genitive singular of тишо́к (tišók), preserved only in тишко́м (tiškóm, “silently, covertly”) and related to тишина́ (tišiná, “silence”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɪspətʲːɪʂˈka]
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Adverb

исподтишка́ • (ispodtišká)

  1. stealthily, on the quiet, on the sly
    • 1973, Михаил Булгаков, “Глава II. Понтий Пилат”, in Мастер и Маргарита; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Master and Margarita, London: Penguin Books, 1997:
      Секретарь перестал записывать и исподтишка бросил удивленный взгляд, но не на арестованного, а на прокуратора.
      Sekretarʹ perestal zapisyvatʹ i ispodtiška brosil udivlennyj vzgljad, no ne na arestovannovo, a na prokuratora.
      The secretary stopped writing and stealthily cast a surprised glance, not at the arrested man, but at the procurator.
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