Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä

Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot

KieliKäännökset
espanjapor demás
tanskasiden
venäjäпостепенно (postepenno), тот свет (tot svet), мир иной (mir inoi)

Määritelmät

Adverbi

  1. After a short time.
  2. After an indefinite period.
  3. (obsolete) Immediately; at once.

Substantiivi

  1. Heaven; the hereafter. Usually preceded with "the sweet."

Esimerkit

  • O, how this spring of love resembleth / The uncertain glory of an April day / Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, / And by and by a cloud takes all away!
  • Two anons and a by and by is an hour and a half.
  • "You are laughing at me, Socrates," said Agathon, "but you and I will decide this controversy about wisdom by and by, taking Bacchus for our judge. At present turn to your supper."
  • Sit down, have a rest, and by and by you'll be feeling better.
  • She said herself / She would forgive him, by and by, not now — / For her own sake then, if not for mine — not now —- But by and by.
  • Will the circle be unbroken / by and by, by and by? / Is a better home awaiting / in the sky, in the sky?
  • When [...] persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
  • I'm sorry ma'am, but your cat's gone on to the sweet by and by.