украдкой

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Russian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʊˈkratkəj]
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Adverb

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укра́дкой (ukrádkoj)

  1. furtively
    • 1862, Иван Тургенев, “Глава 6”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:
      О́ба бра́та мо́лча гляде́ли на него́, а Арка́дий укра́дкой посма́тривал то на отца́, то на дя́дю.
      Óba bráta mólča gljadéli na nevó, a Arkádij ukrádkoj posmátrival to na otcá, to na djádju.
      Both brothers watched him in silence, and Arkady glanced furtively from one to the other.
  2. stealthily

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