BY THE WAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does by the way mean? 

• BY THE WAY (adverb)
  The adverb BY THE WAY has 1 sense:

1. introducing a different topic

  Familiarity information: BY THE WAY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BY THE WAY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Introducing a different topic

Synonyms:

apropos; by the bye; by the way; incidentally

Context example:

incidentally, I won't go to the party

 Context examples 

By the way, Sherlock, said he, I have had something quite after your own heart—a most singular problem—submitted to my judgment.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By the way, you remember Cooks' and Waiters' strike—Hamilton was the chap who organized that union and precipitated the strike—planned it all out in advance, right here in Kreis's rooms.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

By the way, once Neptune goes direct on November 27, having been retrograde since June 21, you will see it’s easier to negotiate an increase in salary.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Administration of a substance by the way of the gastrointestinal tract, usually for systemic action.

(Enteral Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

So she took her time by the way; and when she overtook her husband she cried out, There, Frederick, there is the door itself, you may watch it as carefully as you please.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

By the way, is there any news of the match?

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By the way, about the bird, we were compelled to eat it.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Administration of a drug by the way of the nose.

(Nasal Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

The introduction of a substance to the mouth or into the gastrointestinal tract by the way of the mouth, usually for systemic action.

(Oral Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

By the way, there was a rumour that you were about to marry, Tregellis.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)