by the bye

Idioms  

1. 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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by the bye

Indeed, perhaps the only true words he had spoken that decade, though that is by the bye.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 25, 2019

Iowa’s used six different starting combinations up front but could get tackle Boone Myers back following extra rest provided by the bye week.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 4, 2016

And by the bye, youse editors have never divulged what you do when some irate subscriber makes an ass of himself by canceling his subscription?

From Time Magazine Archive

“She had engaged to go as governess to Mrs. Smallridge’s children—a dear friend of Mrs. Elton’s—a neighbour of Maple Grove; and, by the bye, I wonder how Mrs. Elton bears the disappointment?”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

The valley terminates in a deep gorge, or pass, between Mount Eilio—which, by the bye, is part of the chine of Snowdon—and Pen Drws Coed. 

From Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery by Borrow, George Henry

Related Words

• casually
• remotely