исподволь

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Russian

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Etymology

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Per Vasmer, from earlier и́сподоволь (íspodovolʹ), from ис- (is-) +‎ по- (po-) +‎ дово́ль(но) (dovólʹ(no)).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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и́сподволь (íspodvolʹ)

  1. (colloquial) little by little, gradually, by degrees
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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “исподволь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress