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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Irrelation | Adverb: parenthetically; Adjective: by the way, by the by; en passant, incidentally; irrespectively; Adjective: without reference to, without regard to; in the abstract; a se. |
Occasion | By the way, by the by; en passant, a propos; pro re nata, pro hac vice; par parenthese, parenthetically, by way of parenthesis, incidentally; while speaking of, while on the subject; extempore; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion; on the spot; (early). |
Relation | Thereof; as to, as for, as respects, as regards; about; concerning; Verb: anent; relating to, as relates to; with relation, with reference to, with respect to,with regard to; in respect of; while speaking of, a propos of; in connection with; by the way, by the by; whereas; for as much as, in as much as; in point of, as far as; on the part of, on the score of; quoad hoc; pro re nata; under the head of; (class) of; in the matter of, in re. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: BY THE BY |
| Specialty definitions using "BY THE BY": Bottes. (references) |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | This shews how much numbers of men are to be preferred to largeness of dominions; and that the increase of lands, and the right employing of them, is the great art of government: and that prince, who shall be so wise and godlike, as by established laws of liberty to secure protection and encouragement to the honest industry of mankind, against the oppression of power and narrowness of party, will quickly be too hard for his neighbours: but this by the by. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Translations for "BY THE BY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | впрочем (apropos), между впрочем. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "רך א'ב (apropos, by the way, en passant, in passing, incidentally, obiter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | errõl jut eszembe. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ybay ethay ybay кстати (appositely, apropos, by the way, to the purpose), между прочим (among other things, by the bye, by the way, en passant, in passing, inter alia, obiter, passingly). (various references) por cierto (certainly), a propósito (ad hoc, appropriate, apropos, by design, by the way, fitting, incidentally, intended, on purpose, opportune, opportunely, purposely, relevant, suitable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-b-e-h-t-y-y" | |
-3 letters: beth, byte, hyte, they. | |
-4 letters: bet, bey, bye, ebb, eth, het, hey, the, thy, tye, yeh, yet. | |
-5 letters: be, by, eh, et, he, ye. | |
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