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
The cabbie claimed it had taken Sheridan 14 minutes to bid a lady friend goodby; Sheridan clocked himself at approximately three minutes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week Prince Alexis kissed his wife goodby, was off to India and polo.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wendell Willkie, nearsighted without his spectacles, had appeared once on the rear platform and to their frantic shouting and waving flung out his arms, thinking they were enthusiastic Republicans saying goodby.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I’ll have another go at it,” she said, by way of goodby to both women.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
