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bymeby

bymeby is the alternative form of byembye.

Meaning of byembye

Adverb

byembye (not comparable)

  1. (dated, dialectal) by and by
    • We wuz in harbor one day, in some islan's some'eres or uther way off some'eres, an' they wuz workin' us like dogs agittin' the cargo in. An' I got tired mos' ter death, an' I sneaked off inter the cutter they had tied ter the stern, an' went ter sleep. Well byembye I hears an awful racket, an'...1904 February, J[ohn?] N[esmith?] Greely, “As to Contentment”, in The Yale literary magazine, Herrick & Noyes, page 205

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Questions about bymeby

What is bymeby the alternative form of?
Bymeby is the alternative form of byembye.

Words near bymeby in the dictionary

  1. bylynas
  2. bylyny
  3. BYM
  4. bymatter
  5. bymatters
  6. bymeby
  7. bymoviral
  8. bymovirus
  9. bymoviruses
  10. BYMs
  11. byname

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