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By The Bye

Definition: By The Bye

By The Bye

Adverb

1. Introducing a different topic; "by the way, I won't go to the party".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: By The Bye

Synonyms: by the way (adv), incidentally (adv). (additional references)

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Use in Literature: By The Bye

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

By the bye, that is almost enough to put one out of conceit with a niece.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translation: By The Bye

Language Translations for "by the bye"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

soit dit en passant, au fait, propos (by the way). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ybay ethay yebay

   

Russian 

  

между прочим (among other things, by the by, by the way, en passant, in passing, inter alia, obiter, passingly). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: By The Bye

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-b-e-e-h-t-y-y"

-3 letters: ebbet, thebe.

-4 letters: beet, beth, byte, hebe, hyte, thee, they, tyee.

-5 letters: bee, bet, bey, bye, ebb, eth, eye, het, hey, tee, the, thy, tye, yeh, yet.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: By The Bye


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 79      54 68 65      42 79 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01111001 00100000 01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01000010 01111001 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#121 &#32 &#84 &#104 &#101 &#32 &#66 &#121 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0079      0054 0068 0065      0042 0079 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

369125474712369171

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Non-English Dictionaries with "By The Bye"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrançais, французский

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещениерусский

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglais, английский
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Quotations: Fiction
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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