by the way
by the way
phrase
wayYou say by the way when you add something to what you are saying, especially something that you have just thought of.
[spoken]The name Latifah, by the way, means 'delicate'.
By the way, how did your seminar go?
incidentally, in passing, in parenthesis, en passant, by the byeCOBUILD Advanced English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
