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by the way

PHRASE
in connection with
Synonyms
WEAK
apart from as to aside by the bye in as much as in passing incidentally on the part of parenthetically relating to speaking of while on the subject with reference to
ADJECTIVE
offhand
Synonyms
STRONG
breezy casual chance incidental offhand random supervenient

Example Sentences

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"I will drive there directly I leave Mr.——. By-the-way, you have not told me his name or given me his address."

From The Childerbridge Mystery by Boothby, Guy Newell

By-the-way, I said I'd call to see old Helps this evening.

From A Life For a Love A Novel by Meade, L. T.

By-the-way, my name is anything you please, if they ask you.

From Cardigan by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

By-the-way, she talked about professional matters herself; but then with what fun and humor she told the story of her comrade, Pentweazle, as he was called!

From A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy by Thackeray, William Makepeace

By-the-way, I suppose that's how it happened he was asked to paint this portrait.

From Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Matthews, Brander