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by and by

[bahy-uhn-bahy] / ˌbaɪ ənˈbaɪ /

NOUN

future

Synonyms

STRONG

futurity hereafter

WEAK

time to come

ADVERB

in the future

Synonyms

STRONG

afterward/afterwards again later next presently shortly soon subsequently ulteriorly ultimately

by-and-by

NOUN

future

Synonyms

STRONG

futurity hereafter

WEAK

time to come

Example Sentences

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Ballad: The Coming By-And-By Sad is that woman's lot who, year by year, Sees, one by one, her beauties disappear; As Time, grown weary of her heart-drawn sighs, Impatiently begins to "dim her eyes"!

From Songs of a Savoyard by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir