슬며시

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seulmyeosi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seulmyeosi
McCune–Reischauer?sŭlmyŏsi
Yale Romanization?sul.myesi

Adverb
Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 슬며시 (seulmyeosi)
Yang-form 살며시 (salmyeosi)

슬며시 • (seulmyeosi)

  1. subtly as to not draw attention (often of a negative action)
    그는 슬며시 눈치를 보며 또 음식을 담아 왔다.
    Geuneun seulmyeosi nunchireul bomyeo tto eumsigeul dama watda.
    He took a sneaky look and brought food again.
    늘 그렇듯이 봄은 슬며시 왔다가 간다.
    Neul geureoteusi bomeun seulmyeosi watdaga ganda.
    As always, spring comes and goes quietly.
  2. slowly
    찌가 수면 아래로 슬며시 잠긴다.
    Jjiga sumyeon araero seulmyeosi jamginda.
    The float sinks gently into the water.
  3. (of an emotion, often a negative one) while slowly emerging in the mind
    나는 슬며시 화가 났다.
    Naneun seulmyeosi hwaga natda.
    I slowly grew angry.
Sound-symbolic terms derived from 살/슬 (sal/seul-, "lightly, subtly")
Yang-vowel form
Yin-vowel form
살살 (salsal)슬슬 (seulseul)
살근살근 (salgeunsalgeun)슬근슬근 (seulgeunseulgeun)
살금살금 (salgeumsalgeum)슬금슬금 (seulgeumseulgeum)
살며시 (salmyeosi)
살몃살몃 (salmyeotsalmyeot)		슬며시 (seulmyeosi)
슬몃슬몃 (seulmyeotseulmyeot)
살포시 (salposi)살푸시 (salpusi)
살짝 (saljjak)
살짝살짝 (saljjaksaljjak)		슬쩍 (seuljjeok)
슬쩍슬쩍 (seuljjeokseuljjeok)
사르르 (sareureu)스르르 (seureureu)
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