Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

by and bye

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English

Syllables: by and bye
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Dated form of by and by.

Dated

Example Sentences

"But perhaps you have heard people say, “Oh, yes! it is warm to-day, but we have got to pay for it by and bye, when the frost will come and kill the silly buds and blossoms that came out because they thought it was Spring. […]"

Usage

Dated

Questions

What does by and bye mean?: Dated form of by and by.

How to pronounce by and bye

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