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by the bye

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Also, by the by. Incidentally, in passing, as in By the bye, my wife is coming too, or Exactly where do you live, by the by? The bye or second by in this term originally meant “a side path,” whence the current sense of “off the track” or “of secondary importance.” [Early 1500s] Also see by the way.

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Words nearby by the bye

by-talk, byte, by the balls, by the board, by the book, by the bye, by the day, by the dozen, by the numbers, by the same token, by the seat of the pants
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Words related to by the bye

casually, remotely, accidentally, by the way, unexpectedly, fortuitously, in passing, parenthetically, subordinately, aside, incidentally, apart from, as to, on the part of, with reference to