by-and-by

Examples

• All

• Hallelujah, by and by, I'll fly away.

• He is taken in by neighbors. PR1: Keep thinking I won't be lonely. CHORUS: By and by. SCENE 2

  Academic text (2011)

• In the sweet by-and-by, we will all be reunited.

• She promised to call me by-and-by when she had time.

• By-and-by, the question of our future will need to be addressed.

Synonyms

A

anywhen

vsby-and-by

9.9

A time with no fixed date

refers only to an undefined moment in the future

Antonyms

I

imminently

6 4.8

Happens very soon, at any moment

N

now

4 1.0

The present moment when something is happening

How Soon

immediately

∞ 1.0

soon

∞ 1.0

by-and-by

• Archaic

1 8.9

later

1.0

down the road

188 3.7

Surface Forms

Etymology