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By the way Moderate

By the way has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:

Adverb · Prep_phrase

Definitions
Adverb
1

introducing a different topic

"incidentally, I won't go to the party"

2

Irrelevantly, off-topic.

Prep_phrase
1

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.

Rhyming Words
way away sway tway byway beway howay noway alway ioway myway amway elway on way ordway dugway forway iceway rahway subway
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