goodbye
interjection
farewell (a conventional expression used at parting).
goodby,
-
a variation of
goodbye.
Example Sentences
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As I thanked him and said goodby, tears welled up again.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 5, 2018
At a goodby party King Paul pinned on the general's jacket the second highest Greek decoration, the George I cross.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Massachusetts, just before a newborn baby is taken home from the hospital he is given a novel goodby: a doctor takes hold of him and jabs a lancet into his heel.
From Time Magazine Archive
With whimsical and bogus tenderness, U. S. newspapers last week kissed their old favorite, the Man from Mars, goodby.
From Time Magazine Archive
I don't care if it's a sad good-by or a bad goodby, but when I leave a place I like to know I'm leaving it.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
