Definitions

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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This paper was published in 2020, by the way, when pandemic shutdowns separated us physically and ideologically.

From Salon

My age is like, by the way, it’s like 96.

From The Wall Street Journal

He could tell it was her by the way her dark-brown ponytail swung side to side.

From Literature

At his trial, Blake said he had feared he or his colleagues could have been killed or injured by the way the car was being driven.

From BBC

I can tell she’s a little hurt by the way she dips her head.

From Literature