Meaning of by the way | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

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Incidentally; used in referencing a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened.

conjunctive, idiomatic

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العربية بِالْمُنَاسَبَةِ عَلَى فِكْرَةٍ

Azərbaycan dili sözü gəlmişkən yeri gəlmişkən

Беларуская дарэчы

Bosanski BDV БДВ

Català per cert

Čeština mimochodem

Cymraeg gyda llaw

Dansk forresten

Deutsch apropos im Fall nebenbei übrigens

Ελληνικά επί τη ευκαιρία

Esperanto cetere parenteze

Español a propósito a todo esto de paso dicho sea de paso hablando de todo un poco hablando un poco de todo por cierto

Eesti muideks

فارسی راستی

Suomi asiasta kukkaruukkuun asiasta toiseen muuten

Français à propos au fait au passage d'ailleurs soit dit en passant tout bien considéré

Galego a propósito

עברית אגב דֶּרֶךְ אַגַּב

हिन्दी वैसे वैसे

Hrvatski BDV БДВ

Magyar egyébként mellesleg

Հայերեն ի դեպ իմիջիայլոց

Bahasa Indonesia omong-omong

Íslenska meðal annarra orða vel á minnst

Italiano a proposito incidentalmente per caso

日本語さてちなみにところで因みに所で時に

ქართული სხვათა შორის

한국어 그런데 참

Kurdî bêje

Latina ceterum

Lietuvių beje

Македонски патем

Nederlands nu dat ik eraan denk overigens terloops gezegd trouwens tussen haakjes

Polski à propos na marginesie nawiasem mówiąc przy okazji swoją drogą

Português a propósito alias diga-se de passagem já agora por sinal

Română apropo

Русский кстати ме́жду про́чим

Српски BDV БДВ

Svenska för övrigt förresten

Türkçe aklıma gelmişken bu arada sırası gelmişken

Українська до речі між і́ншим

Tiếng Việt tiện thể

Examples

“His mother will be coming for dinner tomorrow, and, by the way, she recently sold her collection of ceramic eggs.”

“[…] I had counted on a life-lease of the profits, whereas I only received those of a few short years. But this is by the way.”

““A very welcome ⟳, kind, useful present ⟳, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let ⟳ this go no further. We don't want ⟳ the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have ⟳ such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing.[…]””

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